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Complex Numbers

by Robert Waltz

Rated: 18+ · Book · Personal · #1196512

Not for the faint of art.

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.

http://www.ddewey.net/mandelbrot/

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Robert Waltz

a day ago
In response to "Powers of Three"

🌕 HuntersMoon

- that's pretty much what quantum computing is, from what I've read.

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Brandiwyn🎶

a day ago
In response to "Losing Weight Is Easy"

Wordsmitty ✍️

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🌕 HuntersMoon

a day ago
In response to "Powers of Three"

With binary, it's either on or off. Wouldn't ternary introduce Schodenger's Cat? On, off, or both?

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Turkey DrumStik

a day ago
In response to "Paramount Purpose"

I suspect old web filter attempts

would have combusted when confronted with this article.

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tj-turkey-jobble-jobble-hard-J

Nov 19, 2024 at 4:04pm
In response to "Losing Weight Is Easy"

Some of them break out in hives if you ask them to add 10% to something.

Yesterday I purchased an item that cost $6.42 after tax was affixed by the register. I handed the cashier a ten dollar bill and watched as she placed it in the cash register, which like most now days, showed her how much change to return. She had to try three times to count out the proper amount, and as I was leaving commented to the bagger, "Why do people have to pay with cash, don't they know how hard it makes my job?"

I didn't say anything, but was trying desperately not to break out in hysterical laughter.

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🌕 HuntersMoon

Nov 19, 2024 at 9:28am
In response to "Paramount Purpose"

At your age, Bob, take heart in the fact that it can be restored...

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Wordsmitty ✍️

Nov 18, 2024 at 12:34pm
In response to "Losing Weight Is Easy"

This brings up the old question of whether your weight changes when you inhale a helium balloon to make your voice higher.

Maybe this has to do with the difference of a mug of beer vs a tankard of ale.

The universe has so many weighty/massive questions.

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Brandiwyn🎶

Nov 18, 2024 at 11:27am
In response to "That's the Spirit"

Maybe you’d go with “Thunder” because that one’s so terrible that only divine intervention can explain its success. Wow. Missed opportunity, here. How could you let this go without a shoutout to mighty Thor, son of the Allfather, wielder of Mjolnir, He with the Long Forehead? (Said in the voice of the Soup Nazi): "No Valhalla for YOU!"

Brandiwyn🎶

Nov 18, 2024 at 11:19am
In response to "Losing Weight Is Easy"

Has anyone ever told you how annoyingly pedantic you are?

Damn your pedantic ways. I was hoping to justify a vacation to Venus (which I still argue would be a much better holiday destination than fr-fr-freezing Mars, Elon. Ugh.) Now I guess I'll have to settle for the Cancun plans we already made, since my mass (and waist diameter, and thigh diameter) will be exactly the same regardless.

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tj-turkey-jobble-jobble-hard-J

Nov 17, 2024 at 4:04pm
In response to "Revisited: "A Frank Discussion""

I became disgruntled with meat sold in local grocery stores; half the weight is water, the taste is bland, and it's "use by" date is usually one day away. I found a small town butcher/locker plant that sells locally raised meats and buy in bulk so it's actually fresher, cheaper, and better tasting. Recently, I decided to try my hand at making our own sausage as well. It's a bit of work, but I think it's worth the trouble.

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October 9, 2024 at 1:36am

#1077983

What a Pisser

Lots of cities have a recognizable symbol, an icon which represents the city's, and sometimes the country's, character. Paris has that Tower. Sydney has the Opera House. Washington has the Phallus- errr, I mean Monument. Hell, even my city has one, the Rotunda at UVA.

Brussels, ancient economic powerhouse, capital city of the European Union, world culinary treasure... Brussels has the Manneken Pis.

Like the Mona Lisa (reportedly), the statue/fountain's size can be shockingly disappointing to first-time visitors. As that link notes, it's a bit over half a meter in height, and it's set in a relatively large fountain so it seems even smaller.

Please feel free to make your own jokes and insinuations about that last paragraph. I'm too tired to bother.

The first connection one might make is to those pissing-Calvin stickers rednecks used to put on the back window of their trucks. Usually, if it was a Ford, it'd be pissing on the Chevy logo; or vice-versa. This is different, though I suppose that if it were mischievously pissing on anything, it'd be France. No, the Manneken Pis is more heroic than delinquent.

Anyway, you can read more about that that at the Wiki link above, so I'm not sure why I'm bothering with the background here.

According to my guide, they used to replace the water in the fountain with beer during their beer festivals, which, like the Manneken Pis itself, is a very Belgian kind of thing. I suppose the only more Belgian thing to do would be to replace it with liquid chocolate, but I'd imagine that'd be even harder to clean up, later.

When I was there, the statue was dressed up as a little graduate, because Brussels is having a graduation ceremony this week. Why Brussels schools graduate people in October, or exactly which schools are involved (high school or college or whatever), I never did find out and can't be arsed to look up. But this is the condition in which I found it.

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