Need Some Help w/ Homework

[Toastedlightly]

I have an assignment to find jobs where imaginary numbers are used (i). Anyone do/know any fun ones? Post Title and descrition plz.

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
I have an assignment to find jobs where imaginary numbers are used (i). Anyone do/know any fun ones? Post Title and descrition plz.

EECS... everywhere.

 

[Syringer]

The imaginary jobs that Bush claimed to have created.

 

[KeyserSoze]

Originally posted by: Syringer
The imaginary jobs that Bush claimed to have created.

*Zing*





KeyserSoze

 

[Toastedlightly]

Hey... note the sig.

 

[wkabel23]

Corporations create imaginary numbers all the time

 

[Toastedlightly]

I said that in class... got a laugh, but it is what gave me this homework

<- is a smartass in class

 

[FoBoT]

does this have something to do with Math?

 

[Toastedlightly]

Verymuch so.

sqrt -1 = i

 

[shuan24]

Enron.

oooooooh snap!

 

[KeyserSoze]

Originally posted by: shuan24
Enron.

oooooooh snap!

HAHAHAHAHAHA. It was funny, but the "snap" added to the humor.





KeyserSoze

 

[nineball9]

Electrical Engineers use imaginary numbers all the time. EE uses the letter j instead of i, as I is used for current. Never the less, j = i = sqrt(-1).

In simple terms, the imaginary term represents a phase change in the voltage or current.

As a cop out, I suppose you could report to your class that any one teaching Circuit Theory uses imaginary numbers (s/he is, after all, teaching EE). Job Title = Professor or Assoc. Professor. Job Description = ? (try google)

 

[User1001]

e^(pi-sign)i=1

 

[Wallydraigle]

High school algebra teacher?

 

[OverVolt]

Yea, take the square root of a negative number.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Other than the obvious jobs (math teachers), imaginary numbers don't have much real-life application in their pure form. You use them as a tool to get something else. For example, when looking for the solution to a differential equation, you might come up with imaginary roots that can lead to unique real-world solutions. So basically, engineers and scientists of all types probably have to break out the books every now and then.

Edited before the grammer nazis got here.

 

[chuckywang]

a lot of ECE jobs.....they are used to solve AC circuits.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: User1001
e^(pi-sign)i=1

uhh

e^(pi*i) = -1