Ad4mWayn3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agoWhat is your favorite math constant that is NOT a real number?message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite math constant that is NOT a real number?Ad4mWayn3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareuntakenusername@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days 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-squarenovember@lemmy.vglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days 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.