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[–] Reddfugee42 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently even crows know how useful this is to me.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but imaginary numbers are a very real problem, and the solution of which affects you every day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

🤨 Is this an elaborate joke, or is this query itself demonstrative of the reality of the statement?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes.

But seriously yeah, imaginary numbers (square root of -1) just so happens to be a key part of the definition of a sinusoidal waveform, which is what all electromagnetic radiation flows by. Especially power delivered by alternating current, but also digital stuff and general quantum particles and things. So it really affects everything.

[–] McSudds_ 3 points 1 year ago

The latter, I believe.