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The second imaginary number
How important is the second imaginary number in mathematics? I am of course talking about h the number whose square is -2.
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Re: The second imaginary number
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How important is the second imaginary number in mathematics? I am of course talking about h the number whose square is -2. [/ QUOTE ] Are you familiar with the field of complex numbers or the complex plane? Your number h is simply one element of the field of complex numbers, and frankly I've never heard it referred to as the "second imaginary number" (and I'm a math guy). |
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Re: The second imaginary number
Are you trying to be funny?
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Re: The second imaginary number
it's of secondary importance.
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Re: The second imaginary number
[x] OP has not noted the difference between mathematics and mysticism.
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Re: The second imaginary number
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How important is the second imaginary number in mathematics? I am of course talking about h the number whose square is -2. [/ QUOTE ] No more than the first imaginary number, or the third, obviously. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] |
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Re: The second imaginary number
How important is the second natural number in mathematics? I am of course talking about the number whose square is 4.
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Re: The second imaginary number
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[ QUOTE ] How important is the second imaginary number in mathematics? I am of course talking about h the number whose square is -2. [/ QUOTE ] One more than the first imaginary number, one less than the third, obviously. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: The second imaginary number
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How important is the second natural number in mathematics? I am of course talking about the number whose square is 4. [/ QUOTE ] Not very important as it is just -(h^2). |
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Re: The second imaginary number
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[ QUOTE ] How important is the second natural number in mathematics? I am of course talking about the number whose square is 4. [/ QUOTE ] Not very important as it is just -(h^2). [/ QUOTE ] -2(h^2) actually. |
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