--- Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >but if multiplying two negative numbers is > >_supposed_ to make a positive, the square root of a > >negative number 'should not be' possible. > > That's why they're called imaginary numbers! > Imaginary or > not, though, they're quite useful... > > It's funny, because in all my math classes through > Calculus II > or Calc III in college, I thought that > imaginary/complex > numbers were the most rediculous, worthless things > I'd ever > seen, an abstract concept with no real-world use or > value. And > whenever I had to deal with them, I loudly > proclaimed that. > > Then I started my sophomore year Circuit Analysis > courses, > and suddenly I discovered that complex numbers were > *incredibly* > useful and real-world applicable once you get > involved with AC > circuitry, amongst many other things. Heh - as a > friend of mine > used to say, "my crystal ball apparently is a bit > cloudy". > > Burion Deri
<sigh> Clearly I must bow to those with superior knowledge in this field - but I still don't have to like the kinked logic of a supposedly rational _Mathematics_. ;P I Used To Have Velma's Glasses Maru ;) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
