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They are used for working out equations where the numbers you are working with are not physically possible, but we just imagine they are, such as the square root of a negative number
In engineering, especially Electrical Engineering, using complex numbers to represent signals (rather than sines and/or cosines) make comparing and working with signals easier.
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What numbers are not real numbers?
The square root of any negative number is not a real number. denoted as i for imaginary because it does not exist, in the normal concept of numbers.Complex numbers (which include real and imaginary numbers) are combinations of real & imaginary numbers.While these numbers do not exist in the everyday concept of numbers, they are important in concepts of electricity and waves.
What is complex math?
Complex math covers how to do operations on complex numbers. Complex numbers include real numbers, imaginary numbers, and the combination of real+imaginary numbers.
Is Every complex number is a pure imaginary number?
No. All Complex Numbers are of the form a + bi where a and b are Real Numbers and i is the square root of -1. So only ones where a = 0 are pure Imaginary Numbers.
Is an imaginary number always sometimes or never a complex number?
Always. The set of imaginary numbers is a subset of complex numbers. Think of complex numbers as a plane (2 dimensional). The real numbers exist on the horizontal axis. The pure imaginary are the vertical axis. All other points on the plane are combinations of real and imaginary. All points on the plane (including imaginary axis and real axis) are complex numbers.
Why do you need imaginary numbers?
because somtimes there isn't an answer to every equation like what's the square root of -16.... there is no answer so we would just use an imaginary number which is i.It turns out that these are important in a practical sense. Imaginary numbers turn up all the time in quantum mechanics and certain types of electronic circuits as well.
