[A89] Re: Non-Complex Numbers
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[A89] Re: Non-Complex Numbers
A non-complex number is one without an imaginary part. Basically the
numbers that most people use all the time. Although if you want to get
technical all numbers are complex ie. 2.12 is 2.12+0i
I hope that is of some assistance to you.
Wesley
On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 05:55:25PM -0500, CalenWakefield@aol.com wrote:
> I know this is off topic, but I'm extremely desperate. I was
> wondering if anyone here knows much about complex numbers. What I am
> actually looking for is an example of a non-complex number, but I assume that
> if I am enlightened on complex numbers, examples of NON-complex numbers will
> come to me naturally. I dont know much about complex numbers, but what I
> know is this. They are an ordered pair of real numbers such as (1,6). These
> two real numbers fit into the equation a+bi where a is the first number in
> the pair and b is the second. So in this example it would be 1+6i. These
> ordered pairs may be graphed with one axis being the real number line, and
> the other being the immaginary number line. That is a quick summary of what
> I know.
> I have been searching the internet for a few weeks now looking up all
> sorts of topics from Chaos Theory to Number Theory, but have been
> unsuccessful in finding an example of a NON-complex number. So, I'm sorry
> for the extremely off topic question, but I was unsure of where else to look.
> Knowing that this many extremely intelligent people are subscribed to this
> list, I figured someone on here would know. Thanks for you time and your
> help!
>
> CalenWakefield
>
>
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Wesley Moore http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~wmoore/
RMIT - BEng (Comp Sys Eng)/BApp.Sc. (Comp Sci) 4th Year
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