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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is a complex number?

OpenStudy (bahrom7893):

i = sqrt(-1), so i^2 = -1

OpenStudy (bahrom7893):

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OpenStudy (bahrom7893):

basically it was defined to be i by mathematicians, because the sqrt(-1) showed up a lot in many functions

OpenStudy (gg):

complex number iz number written as z=a+bi, where a and b are real numbers and i=sqrt(-1)

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