I ate a Quaternion once. Tastes like chicken. j
On Tue, 13 May 2008 22:00:31 +0100, Frank Mitchell wrote > I'm surprised at you fellas: > > The whole point is that "i" or "j" is the Square Root of Minus One. > Thus minus i squared equals Plus One. So: > > (2+i)*(2-i) = 4+1 = 5 > > (3+2i)*(3-2i) = 9+4 =13 > > Quaternions have 3 different square roots of -1, called i, j, k, and > they too have Complex Conjugates like Complex Numbers. The Imaginary > Components i, j, k then gave us the idea of Vectors. Divide two > Vectors and you get a Quaternion. > > Faictz Ce Que Vouldras: Frank Mitchell > > ------ FreeBSD UK Users' Group - Mailing List ------ > http://listserver.uk.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-users > *** Handled by Will's new toy *** -- Jeff LaCoursiere JB Telenet, LLC 6501 Redhook Plaza, box 395 St Thomas, USVI 00802 _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"