Mathematicians once turned up their noses at imaginary numbers. But complex analysis actually simplifies math and physics.

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Once they became more comfortable with complex numbers, famous mathematicians like Karl Weierstrass, Augustin-Louis Cauchy and Bernhard Riemann and others were able to develop complex analysis ...

(THE CONVERSATION) To a nonmathematician, having the letter “i” represent a number that does not quite exist and is “imaginary” can be hard to wrap your head around. If you open your mind ...

To a nonmathematician, having the letter "i" represent a number that does not quite exist and is "imaginary" can be hard to wrap your head around. This means they are made of both real numbers and the ...