"The true metaphysics of the square root negative 1 remains elusive." - C.F. Gauss

[AProudLefty]

Irrelevant. You can't take the square root of a negative number.

And yet it is done. And a field is created out of it. Many applications.

 

[IBDaMann]

And yet it is done. And a field is created out of it. Many applications.

Great pivot into a subjuctive fallacy to EVADE my question.

 

[AProudLefty]

Great pivot into a subjuctive fallacy to EVADE my question.

Imaginary question.

 

[IBDaMann]

Imaginary question.

Nope. The reason you cannot take the square root of a negative number is that it can give the wrong result, i.e. it's bad math, it produces errors and yes, as you noted, this is nonetheless done. So who is responsible for the damages and deaths caused by people who insisted on using bad math?