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An equilateral triangle, pointing left, with vertices at the three roots of -1.

The three solutions $x+i y$ of $z^3=-1$ form an equilateral triangle}

Clare (like gare) is a Chalkdust editor. In her spare time, she’s an assistant professor at Durham University. She likes Skittles, probability, and making the magazine look more like Cosmo.

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