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Complex Numbers A complex number is expressed in the standard form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is defined by i^2 = -1 (that is, i is the square root of -1). For example, 3 + 2i is a complex number. The bi term is often referred to as an imaginary number (though this may be misleading, as it is no more "imaginary" than the symbolic abstractions we know as the "real" numbers). Thus, every complex number has a real part, a, and an imaginary part, bi. Complex numbers are often represented on a graph known as the "complex plane," where the horizontal axis represents the infinity of real numbers, and the vertical axis represents the infinity of imaginary numbers. Thus, each complex number has a unique representation on the complex plane: some closer to real; others, more imaginary. If a = b, the number is equal parts real and imaginary. Very simple transformations applied to numbers in the complex plane can lead to fractal structures of enormous intricacy and astonishing beauty. |
Yeah, this article is a few years old now but I only found it recently. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/leonard-cohen-remembering-the-... Leonard Cohen: Remembering the Life and Legacy of the Poet of Brokenness For nearly half a century, the novelist, ladies’ man and Buddhist monk built a tower of song – even though darkness was never far off When I first started writing, lo these many years ago, it was because someone introduced me to Leonard Cohen. Before he was a singer/songwriter, he was a poet, and that poetry translated perfectly to his music. This article can be seen as his obituary. It came out not long after his death, which, coming as it did in early November of 2016, capped that shit sundae of a year with a rotten cherry. Leonard Cohen was the poet of brokenness. I've written before of the link I feel exists between depression and creativity. Nowhere was that link more apparent than with Cohen. There's nothing I can do to improve on either Cohen or this article, so I'm not even going to try. I'll have more to say about him later. But I will post an example of what I'm talking about. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. |