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== Defination==
 
== Defination==
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     Imaginary number comes to use when people want to refer to a number which could not be represented by any real number,  
 
     Imaginary number comes to use when people want to refer to a number which could not be represented by any real number,  
such as the square root of a negative number.  
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such as the square root of a negative number. When we combine a real number and an imaginary number together, we get a
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complex number.
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== Imaginary Number ==
  
    We use i to represent <math>sqrt(-1)</math>.
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  We use i to represent <math>sqrt(-1)</math>.
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Revision as of 18:35, 1 September 2008

Review of Complex Number

Defination

   Imaginary number comes to use when people want to refer to a number which could not be represented by any real number, 

such as the square root of a negative number. When we combine a real number and an imaginary number together, we get a complex number.

Imaginary Number

  We use i to represent $ sqrt(-1) $.

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