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== Defination==
 
== Defination==
 
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     Imaginary number comes to use when people want to refer to a number which could not be represented by any real number,  
 
     Imaginary number comes to use when people want to refer to a number which could not be represented by any real number,  
 
such as the square root of a negative number. When we combine a real number and an imaginary number together, we get a  
 
such as the square root of a negative number. When we combine a real number and an imaginary number together, we get a  
 
complex number.
 
complex number.
   
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     We use i to represent <math>sqrt(-1)</math>.
 
     We use i to represent <math>sqrt(-1)</math>.

Revision as of 17:36, 1 September 2008

Review of Complex Number

Defination

    Imaginary number comes to use when people want to refer to a number which could not be represented by any real number, 
such as the square root of a negative number. When we combine a real number and an imaginary number together, we get a 
complex number.
   We use i to represent $ sqrt(-1) $.

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