On 10/10/2013 07:20 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 1:12 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
Nope. "i" is electical current (though it's more customary to use
upper case). "j" is the square root of -1.
and that hypercomplex numbers include i, j, k, and maybe even other
terms, and I never understood where j comes from. Why is Python
better for using j?
Because that's the way we do it in electrical engineering.
Okay, so hold on a minute... a hypercomplex number is the sum of a
real number, some electrical current, an imaginary number, and k?
That would certainly explain why it's hyper. ;)
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