@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 2 months agoWhat is your favorite math constant that is NOT a real number?message-square43fedilinkarrow-up161
arrow-up161message-squareWhat is your favorite math constant that is NOT a real number?@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•2 months agoi=sqrt(-1) is nice, but im hoping someone finds a use for the number x where |x| = -1 or some nonsense like that because it looks fun to mess with
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•2 months agoThose exist in the split-complex number system which adds the number j, where j^2=1 (but j does not equal 1 or -1). The modulus of j is -1.
i=sqrt(-1) is nice, but im hoping someone finds a use for the number x where |x| = -1 or some nonsense like that because it looks fun to mess with
Those exist in the split-complex number system which adds the number j, where j^2=1 (but j does not equal 1 or -1). The modulus of j is -1.