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Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again)

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Date Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:39:12 -0700
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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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~Ethan~

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Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-11 00:25 +1100
  Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-10-10 14:12 +0000
    Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-11 01:20 +1100
      Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-10-10 16:54 +0000
        Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2013-10-10 21:08 +0200
    Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2013-10-10 11:36 -0400
    Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-10-10 10:39 -0700
    Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-10-10 20:13 -0400
    Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-11 17:01 +1100
    Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-10-11 12:21 +0100
  Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-11 01:27 +0000
    Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2013-10-11 20:35 +1100
    Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-10-11 12:30 +0100
      Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-10-11 15:11 +0300
      Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-11 10:05 -0400
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        Re: Complex literals (was Re: I am never going to complain about Python again) Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-10-11 13:00 -0400
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