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As a result, mathematicians often turn to the complex numbers, which can be thought of as pairs of real numbers.
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Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
In other words, the vast majority of real and complex numbers are transcendental.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 June 2023
Physical properties, such as the speed of a particle or its position, correspond to tables of complex numbers called operators.
—Marc-Olivier Renou, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
Many complex numbers are the root of some polynomial with integer coefficients; mathematicians call these numbers algebraic.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 June 2023
Before the 20th century all such operations with complex numbers were simply considered a mathematical trick.
—Marc-Olivier Renou, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
The complex plane is a way of graphing complex numbers, which have two parts: real and imaginary.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
The most common version of quantum theory relies on complex numbers.
—Marc-Olivier Renou, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
One piece of that theory involves a generalization of the Lindelöf hypothesis, which predicts that whenever the real part of the complex number input equals , the output stays small relative to the input for all L-functions (not just the Riemann zeta function).
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2022
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Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
In other words, the vast majority of real and complex numbers are transcendental.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 June 2023
Physical properties, such as the speed of a particle or its position, correspond to tables of complex numbers called operators.
—Marc-Olivier Renou, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
Many complex numbers are the root of some polynomial with integer coefficients; mathematicians call these numbers algebraic.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 June 2023
Before the 20th century all such operations with complex numbers were simply considered a mathematical trick.
—Marc-Olivier Renou, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
The complex plane is a way of graphing complex numbers, which have two parts: real and imaginary.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
The most common version of quantum theory relies on complex numbers.
—Marc-Olivier Renou, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
One piece of that theory involves a generalization of the Lindelöf hypothesis, which predicts that whenever the real part of the complex number input equals , the output stays small relative to the input for all L-functions (not just the Riemann zeta function).
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2022
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First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined above
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“Complex number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complex%20number. Accessed 2 Oct. 2023.
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