What is (√-1)²?

2 Answers
Oct 21, 2017

-1

Explanation:

1=i

(1)2=i2=ii=11=1

Oct 21, 2017

(1)2=1

Explanation:

By definition a square root of a number x is a number y such that y2=x.

1 denotes the principal square root of 1 which is a square root of 1.

Therefore its square must be 1.