Re: Imaginary numbers - most interesting points
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- Subject: [mg98859] Re: [mg98647] Imaginary numbers - most interesting points
- From: János Löbb <janos.lobb at yale.edu>
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:09:21 -0400 (EDT)
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On Apr 15, 2009, at 4:59 AM, robert prince-wright wrote: > > I have (perhaps unwisely!) decided to do a 'Pecha Kucha' on > imagination .... or at least imaginary numbers. The audience are all > engineers with hazy recollection of undergrad maths. > > If you are not familiar with Pecha Kucha, then its worth checking > Youtube and doing some googling. Simplistically the concept is to > share understanding of something using 20 slides. Each slide should > convey as much as possible with as few words as possible, with the > message limited to 20 seconds! > > So, what is the most interesting thing about the imaginary number > 'i' that you can think of, and how can it most simply be conveyed > using Mathematica 7 in Slide presentation form? > > I've started with the notion of polynomial roots, de Moivre, > reflections etc. but would appreciate a wider view. > > R Well, if You have time for it, read Roger Penrose "Road to Reality". He is using "complex number magic" all the time :) With the best, J=E1nos=
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- From: robert prince-wright <robertprincewright@yahoo.com>
- Imaginary numbers - most interesting points