Difference between revisions of "Complex numbers"
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In [[real numbers]] the square root of negative one does not exist. | In [[real numbers]] the square root of negative one does not exist. | ||
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| + | ==In popular culture== | ||
| + | In [[Yvgeny Zamyatin]]'s satirical novel ''[[We (novel)|We]]'', the narrator's psychological distress at contemplating the concept of complex numbers becomes a metaphor for the limitations of totalitarian systems of thought. | ||
Revision as of 00:57, February 22, 2007
Complex numbers is a branch of mathematics based on the assumption that one can manipulate a unique, imaginary number defined as:
<math>i = \sqrt{-1}</math>
In real numbers the square root of negative one does not exist.
In popular culture
In Yvgeny Zamyatin's satirical novel We, the narrator's psychological distress at contemplating the concept of complex numbers becomes a metaphor for the limitations of totalitarian systems of thought.