For the maths nerds...

by **Resonate** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:48 pm

Haha, i get it!... Oh wait, i mean... No i don't, i'm no maths nerd. :oops:

by **Why** » Wed May 07, 2008 10:52 pm

"i" is the square root of -1

by **kvn** » Wed May 07, 2008 11:02 pm

Why wrote:"i" is the square root of -1

which in turn is referred to as an "imaginary number"

by **libsti** » Thu May 08, 2008 9:24 pm

surley you must be kidding.

i must have skipped school that day

by **tangcla** » Thu May 08, 2008 10:15 pm

libsti wrote:surley you must be kidding.

i must have skipped school that day

It's covered in advanced mathematics - may not have been part of your curriculum, depending on which maths stream(s) you did.

by **mianos** » Fri May 09, 2008 9:01 am

Or in physics, an imaginary number is represented as a 'j'.

by **tangcla** » Fri May 09, 2008 9:21 am

mianos wrote:Or in physics, an imaginary number is represented as a 'j'.

hehe, I thought it best not to confuse the non-mathematically-minded

by **libsti** » Fri May 09, 2008 6:42 pm

this thread is getting to confusing for a year 10 drop out.