-----Original Message----- From: jdow@earthlink.net Sent: Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:58:53 -0800 To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Subject: Re: OT: what's with the 'i'?
On 2013/02/02 10:39, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 02/02/2013 07:33 AM, Lailah wrote:
I never see that in my life. People, I know is fun to make jokes with TV series and movies and the like, but think that this is an international list. The Whole World hasn't any due to know all of your stuff.
That, in fact, was exactly what I was demonstrating: for most of the people on this list, that was long before they were born. For me, however, it's the type of reference I'd recognize, and I tend to forget sometimes that my audience isn't old enough to share those experiences.
Of course some people use j instead of i when dealing with complex numbers. j am one of them.
{O,o} I guess that makes me irrational?
No, you'd need a number like 2, 3, 5 or any prime inside of the square root! to be irrational :) The j and k we could use with vectors and hamiltonians :)
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If we want instead of using "I" or "i", let's just use $\sqrt{-1}$
and we'd be better off! At least internationally it is accepted worldwide!
Best Regards,
Antonio
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