Re: [curiosa] Re: Debian Centre of Mass
Well, really (pi)i is still a complex number:
0 + (pi)i
Just a zero real component.
The coefficients of the complex number can be from any number set, really.
Still complex.
Hrm, I've just been told that an imaginary number is a complex number with
no real component.
jas@eckard.com writes:
> > Irrational numbers aren't imaginary, complex numbers are. :)
>
> You mean, "Irrational numbers aren't _necessarily_ imaginary, ..."? I
> mean, after all, you _could_ have a non-complex irrational imaginary
> number, say, (pi)i, right?
>
> --Jas, stoking a smoldering flame
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