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Why do we use complex numbers?

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Complex numbers are theoretically interesting; they help us better understand the real numbers in some cases.They also have some very practical applications, including:

* Electrical circuits - in AC, things like resistance, current, and voltage acquire a phase angle, thus becoming complex numbers.

* Quantum mechanics - the probability amplitude is described with a complex number. As a result, complex numbers basically permeate all of quantum mechanics.

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