[issue10562] Change 'j' for imaginary unit into an 'i'

[Boštjan Mejak]

Boštjan Mejak <bostjan.me...@gmail.com> added the comment:

"In electrical engineering<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_engineering>
and
related fields, the imaginary unit is often denoted by *j* to avoid
confusion with electrical
current<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_(electricity)> as
a function of time, traditionally denoted by *i*(*t*) or just *i*."
-Wikipedia

Does Python have to deal with electrical current as a function of time to
associate j with the imaginary unit and not i?

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Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file19912/unnamed

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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" 
style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 
13px; ">&quot;In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_engineering"; 
title="Electrical engineering" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 
173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; 
background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: 
initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial 
initial; ">electrical engineering</a> and related fields, the imaginary unit 
is often denoted by <i>j</i> to avoid confusion with <a 
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_(electricity)" title="Current 
(electricity)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 
69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; 
background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: 
initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial 
initial; ">electrical current</a> as a function of time, traditionally denoted 
by <i>i</i>(<i>t</i>) or just <i>i</i>.&quot; 
-Wikipedia</span></span></font><div>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" 
style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 
13px; "><br></span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" 
face="sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 
19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Does Python 
have to deal with electrical current as a function of time to associate j with 
the imaginary unit and not i?</span></span></font></div>

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