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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-29-05 05:48 PM
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Poll question: Favorite imaginary number?
Edited on Fri Apr-29-05 06:01 PM by tridim
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hippiepunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-29-05 05:49 PM
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1. Thanks for providing so many options.
;)
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-29-05 05:50 PM
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2. Hey, what about j?
Don't leave the engineers out.
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ret5hd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-29-05 05:55 PM
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3. -i
the OTHER square root of -1.
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Squeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-29-05 05:55 PM
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4. Quaternions
Did I spell that right?

In the quaternion system, there are three different imaginary terms, related as follows: i^2 = j^2 = k^2 = ijk = -1. Also they're not commutative: ijk = -kji. I'm told electrical engineers have to use them in certain applications.
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-29-05 05:56 PM
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5. Leventeen
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