Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >speak ;D ), but if multiplying two negative numbers is >_supposed_ to make a positive, the square root of a >negative number 'should not be' possible.
That's why they're called imaginary numbers! Imaginary or not, though, they're quite useful... It's funny, because in all my math classes through Calculus II or Calc III in college, I thought that imaginary/complex numbers were the most rediculous, worthless things I'd ever seen, an abstract concept with no real-world use or value. And whenever I had to deal with them, I loudly proclaimed that. Then I started my sophomore year Circuit Analysis courses, and suddenly I discovered that complex numbers were *incredibly* useful and real-world applicable once you get involved with AC circuitry, amongst many other things. Heh - as a friend of mine used to say, "my crystal ball apparently is a bit cloudy". Burion Deri _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
