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MelkorDCLXVI (talk | contribs) (New page: The '''additive inverse''' of a complex or real number x is the number y such that x and y add to equal the additive identity, the number 0. The addi...) |
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The additive inverse of a complex or real number x is the number y such that x and y add to equal the additive identity, the number 0. The additive inverse is a function defined for all complex numbers, and is cyclical with period 2. However, for this function to exist, one must first accept the existence of the negative numbers. This was a large impedent to early mathematics.