square root of -1

[quizzelsnatch]

what's the character that represents the square root of negative one? like... the greek one, it's sort of like an i but not really.

 

[amol]

a cursive i

 

[TechnoKid]

i thought you couldn't take the roots of negative numbers unless you start using imaginary numbers.

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
i thought you couldn't take the roots of negative numbers unless you start using imaginary numbers.

i = imaginary number

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
i thought you couldn't take the roots of negative numbers unless you start using imaginary numbers.

did you read the thread?

MIKE

 

[Chronoshock]

For those of us in EE, its j
And technokid, we're talking about imaginary numbers...

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
i thought you couldn't take the roots of negative numbers unless you start using imaginary numbers.

he didn't say anything about taking the roots...

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
i thought you couldn't take the roots of negative numbers unless you start using imaginary numbers.

did you read the thread?

MIKE

i'm the second reply posted at the same time of the first one. and yes i did read the thread, and yes i knew they were imaginary numbers as i said in my post.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
i thought you couldn't take the roots of negative numbers unless you start using imaginary numbers.

Exactly. The symbol is i. Although technically, the square root of -1 can be either i or -i.

 

[Stojakapimp]

it's usually either i or j. But it can be anything...it's not like it'll change the fact that you're calling it a complex number

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
i thought you couldn't take the roots of negative numbers unless you start using imaginary numbers.

he didn't say anything about taking the roots...

he said "...square root of negative one..." (emphasis mine)

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
i thought you couldn't take the roots of negative numbers unless you start using imaginary numbers.

he didn't say anything about taking the roots...

he said "...square root of negative one..." (emphasis mine)

reading comprehension much?

what's the character that represents the square root of negative one?

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
i thought you couldn't take the roots of negative numbers unless you start using imaginary numbers.

Exactly. The symbol is i. Although technically, the square root of -1 can be either i or -i.

i^3=-i

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: TechnoKid

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
i thought you couldn't take the roots of negative numbers unless you start using imaginary numbers.

he didn't say anything about taking the roots...

he said "...square root of negative one..." (emphasis mine)

reading comprehension much?

what's the character that represents the square root of negative one?

Nerd fight! Nerd fight!

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: TechnoKid

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
i thought you couldn't take the roots of negative numbers unless you start using imaginary numbers.

he didn't say anything about taking the roots...

he said "...square root of negative one..." (emphasis mine)

reading comprehension much?

what's the character that represents the square root of negative one?

Nerd fight! Nerd fight!

0.999999... = 1!!! BRING IT, BITCH!!

 

[Chronoshock]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: TechnoKid

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
i thought you couldn't take the roots of negative numbers unless you start using imaginary numbers.

he didn't say anything about taking the roots...

he said "...square root of negative one..." (emphasis mine)

reading comprehension much?

what's the character that represents the square root of negative one?

Nerd fight! Nerd fight!

0.999999... = 1!!! BRING IT, BITCH!!

Well my eigenfunction has a bigger lambda than yours does! So there

 

[Pr0d1gy]

a^2+b^2=c^2 "huh, huh huh, huh huh huh" -Butthead, "Beavis & Butthead"