Originally posted by Will Everitt Well chances are that’s because it’s not really useful it’s just a purely hypothetical thing with no applications in real life.
Actually, it has several applications in electrical engineering including determining the phase of a voltage/current.
"Actually, it has several applications in electrical engineering including determining the phase of a voltage/current."
Ok well I didn’t know about that and don't quite know how a number that cannot be represented by normal numbers could be used for something like that but I can accept there are things I don't know and may well not understand.
Originally posted by Will Everitt "Actually, it has several applications in electrical engineering including determining the phase of a voltage/current."
Ok well I didn’t know about that and don't quite know how a number that cannot be represented by normal numbers could be used for something like that but I can accept there are things I don't know and may well not understand.
It's also useful for determining certain trigonometric functions.
Originally posted by Suzianne It's also useful for determining certain trigonometric functions.
Not only that, it is used in differential equations. I believe that among the Diff EQ's that use Euler's formula [e^(theta*i) = cos(theta) + i*sin(theta)] to obtain a solution, are equations used in finding resonance frequencies. Resonance, in building construction, is something to be avoided, so i does indeed have real world practical applications.
Originally posted by rheymans Not only that, it is used in differential equations. I believe that among the Diff EQ's that use Euler's formula [e^(theta*i) = cos(theta) + i*sin(theta)] to obtain a solution, are equations used in finding resonance frequencies. Resonance, in building construction, is something to be avoided, so i does indeed have real world practical applications.
Lol... I probably would have said that if I had gotten to Calculus in school... alas, I only got to Trig and a litlle Linear Algebra