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In our first chapter we saw that the quadratic equation

$$2{x^2}-2x + 1 = 0$$

Find the way now, blind Samson, with your fingers

Feel at the latch. The door will open,

And you will let the sky in, your wide sockets

Open these blind temples to the sun!

Kathleen Raine: Samson

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Lewis, J.P. (1969). Complex Numbers. In: An Introduction to Mathematics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15324-4_25

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