Math Tutor – Oceanside – Imaginary Number
by Stuart Raffeld
What is an Imaginary Number?
When we square a Real Number (multiply it by itself) we always get a positive, or zero, result. For example 2×2=4, and (?2)×(?2)=4 as well.
So how can we square a number and get a negative result? Because we “imagine” that we can.
The “unit” imaginary numbers (the same as “1” for Real Numbers) is ?(?1) (the square root of minus one), and its symbol is i
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