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But complex numbers live up to their name: The set’s boundary is magnificently intricate.
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Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
So if a proof requires an intermediate step in which, for example, there are complex numbers that may contain square roots of negative values, programming languages specialized for geometry cannot be used.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
Quadratic reciprocity was the inspiration, according to Conrad. Patterns that had been elusive without complex numbers now started to emerge.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
This changed once Gauss brought reciprocity into the realm of complex numbers, which add the square root of minus 1, represented by i, to ordinary numbers.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
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Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
So if a proof requires an intermediate step in which, for example, there are complex numbers that may contain square roots of negative values, programming languages specialized for geometry cannot be used.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
Quadratic reciprocity was the inspiration, according to Conrad. Patterns that had been elusive without complex numbers now started to emerge.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
This changed once Gauss brought reciprocity into the realm of complex numbers, which add the square root of minus 1, represented by i, to ordinary numbers.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
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“Complex number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complex%20number. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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