The imaginary unit or unit imaginary number (i) is a mathematical constant that is a solution to the quadratic equation x2 + 1 = 0. Although there is no...
30 KB (4,171 words) - 14:39, 16 May 2025
Complex number (redirect from Imaginary part)
extends the real numbers with a specific element denoted i, called the imaginary unit and satisfying the equation i 2 = − 1 {\displaystyle i^{2}=-1} ; every...
91 KB (12,021 words) - 17:33, 29 May 2025
An imaginary number is the product of a real number and the imaginary unit i, which is defined by its property i2 = −1. The square of an imaginary number...
12 KB (1,347 words) - 02:23, 8 May 2025
Mathematically, imaginary time is real time which has undergone a Wick rotation so that its coordinates are multiplied by the imaginary unit i. Imaginary time is...
9 KB (1,172 words) - 00:07, 4 June 2025
Mathematical constant (section The imaginary unit i)
.. (sequence A001113 in the OEIS). The imaginary unit or unit imaginary number, denoted as i, is a mathematical concept which extends...
40 KB (3,556 words) - 16:49, 9 June 2025
Error function (redirect from Imaginary error function)
{\displaystyle \operatorname {erfi} z=-i\operatorname {erf} iz,} where i is the imaginary unit. The name "error function" and its abbreviation erf were proposed by...
47 KB (7,328 words) - 08:39, 27 April 2025
on the unit circle there exists the rational point (a/c, b/c), which, in the complex plane, is just a/c + ib/c, where i is the imaginary unit. Conversely...
8 KB (1,226 words) - 07:08, 10 May 2024
Versor (redirect from Unit quaternion)
} where the r2 = −1 condition means that r is an imaginary unit. There is a sphere of imaginary units in the quaternions. Note that the expression for...
22 KB (2,945 words) - 03:51, 4 June 2025
x+i\sin x,} where e is the base of the natural logarithm, i is the imaginary unit, and cos and sin are the trigonometric functions cosine and sine respectively...
27 KB (3,950 words) - 21:03, 8 June 2025
Split-quaternion (section Imaginary units)
In Hamilton quaternions there is a sphere of imaginary units, and any pair of antipodal imaginary units generates a complex plane with the real line....
21 KB (3,162 words) - 21:52, 18 April 2025
Euler's identity (section Imaginary exponents)
number, the base of natural logarithms, i {\displaystyle i} is the imaginary unit, which by definition satisfies i 2 = − 1 {\displaystyle i^{2}=-1} ,...
15 KB (1,947 words) - 13:10, 10 April 2025
which satisfies j 2 = − 1. {\displaystyle j^{2}=-1.} Together with the imaginary unit i and the antilinear map k := ij, j equips V with the structure of a...
5 KB (689 words) - 13:57, 25 May 2025
mechanics formally akin to imaginary time in quantum mechanics: that is, it, where t is time and i is the imaginary unit (i2 = –1). More precisely, in...
11 KB (1,489 words) - 11:08, 5 February 2025
symbol used to denote the Bessel function j, used as the symbol for the imaginary unit ( − 1 {\displaystyle {\sqrt {-1}}} ) in fields where i is used for a...
6 KB (813 words) - 10:08, 5 June 2025
conductance (siemens); B is the susceptance (siemens); and j2 = −1, the imaginary unit. The dynamic effects of the material's susceptance relate to the universal...
7 KB (906 words) - 01:57, 5 September 2024
the SI derived unit for energy. In some areas of physics, electrical engineering and related fields, j is the symbol for the imaginary unit (the square root...
26 KB (2,024 words) - 20:33, 25 May 2025
vector part v is a unit vector in R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} . Thus the right versors extend the notion of imaginary units found in the complex...
17 KB (1,922 words) - 14:43, 16 May 2025
value of a function, the letter i {\displaystyle i} to express the imaginary unit − 1 {\displaystyle {\sqrt {-1}}} , the Greek letter Σ {\displaystyle...
107 KB (10,831 words) - 20:23, 9 June 2025
Split-complex number (redirect from Hyperbolic unit)
numbers and the hyperbolic unit j satisfies j 2 = + 1 {\displaystyle j^{2}=+1} In the field of complex numbers the imaginary unit i satisfies i 2 = − 1. {\displaystyle...
28 KB (4,144 words) - 21:21, 22 March 2025
impedance (Z = R + jX), where the imaginary part is reactance (X) and the real part is resistance (R). In SI units, susceptance is measured in siemens...
9 KB (1,163 words) - 19:24, 15 December 2024
Roger Cotes suggested to modify the trigonometric functions using the imaginary unit i = − 1 {\displaystyle i={\sqrt {-1}}} to obtain an oblate spheroid...
31 KB (5,023 words) - 14:41, 9 June 2025
numbers feature two distinct imaginary units. Multiplication being associative and commutative, the product of these imaginary units must have positive one...
14 KB (1,806 words) - 21:01, 14 April 2025
{\big (}\cos x+i\sin x{\big )}^{n}=\cos nx+i\sin nx,} where i is the imaginary unit (i2 = −1). The formula is named after Abraham de Moivre, although he...
17 KB (3,260 words) - 21:19, 22 May 2025
The hypercomplex numbers include one real unit together with 2 n − 1 {\displaystyle 2^{n}-1} imaginary units, for which n is a non-negative integer. For...
66 KB (8,359 words) - 04:26, 12 May 2025
cis x = cos x + i sin x, where cos is the cosine function, i is the imaginary unit and sin is the sine function. x is the argument of the complex number...
25 KB (2,352 words) - 17:24, 7 February 2025
where the square root is i = − 1 , {\displaystyle i={\sqrt {-1}},} the imaginary unit. As ( a + b d ) ( a − b d ) = a 2 − b 2 d {\displaystyle (a+b{\sqrt...
2 KB (355 words) - 16:10, 30 April 2025
has two imaginary square roots, + i x {\displaystyle +i{\sqrt {x}}} and − i x {\displaystyle -i{\sqrt {x}}} , where i is the imaginary unit. In general...
32 KB (4,773 words) - 18:22, 4 April 2025
term "sign convention" is used more broadly to include factors of the imaginary unit i and 2π, rather than just choices of sign. In relativity, the metric...
6 KB (591 words) - 22:32, 6 March 2025
{\partial }{\partial x}}} where ħ is the reduced Planck constant, i the imaginary unit, x is the spatial coordinate, and a partial derivative (denoted by ∂...
15 KB (2,146 words) - 17:26, 28 May 2025
Complex plane (redirect from Real-imaginary plane)
and imaginary (y) parts: z = x + i y {\displaystyle z=x+iy} for example: z = 4 + 5i, where x and y are real numbers, and i is the imaginary unit. In this...
31 KB (4,502 words) - 23:12, 6 May 2025