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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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} ,...
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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...
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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...
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Roger Cotes suggested to modify the trigonometric functions using the imaginary unit i = − 1 {\displaystyle i={\sqrt {-1}}} to obtain an oblate spheroid...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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{\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 ∂...
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real anti-symmetric matrix is multiplied by a real multiple of the imaginary unit i , {\displaystyle i,} then it becomes Hermitian. Every Hermitian matrix...
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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...
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value of a function, the letter i {\displaystyle i} to express the imaginary unit − 1 {\displaystyle {\sqrt {-1}}} , the Greek letter Σ {\displaystyle...
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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...
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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...
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numbers feature two distinct imaginary units. Multiplication being associative and commutative, the product of these imaginary units must have positive one...
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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...
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of x and px , i is the imaginary unit, and ℏ is the reduced Planck constant h/2π, and I {\displaystyle \mathbb {I} } is the unit operator. In general,...
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-th Bessel function of the first kind and i {\displaystyle i} is the imaginary unit, i 2 = − 1. {\textstyle i^{2}=-1.} Substituting θ {\textstyle \theta...
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form where Ek is the (constant) complex amplitude vector, i is the imaginary unit, k is the wave vector (whose magnitude k is the angular wavenumber)...
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