In [[real numbers]] the square root of negative one does not exist.
In [[real numbers]] the square root of negative one does not exist.
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==In popular culture==
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In [[Yvgeny Zamyatin]]'s satirical novel ''[[We (novel)|We]]'', the narrator's psychological distress at contemplating the concept of complex numbers becomes a metaphor for the limitations of totalitarian systems of thought.