VoidMage to Science · 3 years agoQuantum physics requires imaginary numbers to explain realitywww.sciencenews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down11
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minus-squareganymedelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-23 years agoGood stuff! Just a friendly reminder to readers that imaginary numbers are a specific mathematical term. And does not have a colloquial meaning here.
minus-squareerpichtlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoI always preferred to call them complex numbers, since the name “imaginary” strikes me as odd, even if one can only measure the “real” part in many instances. A good comment to make though!
Good stuff!
Just a friendly reminder to readers that imaginary numbers are a specific mathematical term. And does not have a colloquial meaning here.
I always preferred to call them complex numbers, since the name “imaginary” strikes me as odd, even if one can only measure the “real” part in many instances. A good comment to make though!