Ad4mWayn3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat is your favorite math constant that is NOT a real number?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up158
arrow-up158message-squareWhat is your favorite math constant that is NOT a real number?Ad4mWayn3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareuntakenusername@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day 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-squarenovemberlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day 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.