OT: what's with the 'i'?

[Antonio Olivares]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jdow at earthlink.net
> Sent: Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:58:53 -0800
> To: users at 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 :)  

> --

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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