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Imaginary & Complex Numbers

Imaginary numbers were invented to allow negative numbers to have square roots and for certain equations to have solutions. Imaginary numbers consist of a real number multiplied by the imaginary unit i, where i squared equals -1. Complex numbers consist of a real part plus an imaginary part multiplied by i, combining real and imaginary numbers to solve even more equations.

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Imaginary & Complex Numbers

Imaginary numbers were invented to allow negative numbers to have square roots and for certain equations to have solutions. Imaginary numbers consist of a real number multiplied by the imaginary unit i, where i squared equals -1. Complex numbers consist of a real part plus an imaginary part multiplied by i, combining real and imaginary numbers to solve even more equations.

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Imaginary & Complex Numbers

Once upon a time…

1  no real solution
-In the set of real numbers, negative numbers do
not have square roots.

-Imaginary numbers were invented so that negative


numbers would have square roots and certain
equations would have solutions.

-These numbers were devised using an imaginary


unit named i.

i  1
-The imaginary numbers consist of all numbers bi,
where b is a real number and i is the imaginary unit,
with the property that i² = -1.

-The first four powers of i establish an important


pattern and should be memorized.

Powers of i
i i
1
i  1
2
i  i
3
i 1
4
Complex Numbers

a + bi
real imaginary
The complex numbers consist of all sums a + bi,
where a and b are real numbers and i is the imaginary
unit. The real part is a, and the imaginary part is bi.

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