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imaginary number

[ə′maj·ə‚ner·ē ′nəm·bər]
(mathematics)
A complex number of the form a + bi, with b not equal to zero, where a and b are real numbers, and i = √(-1); some mathematicians require also that a = 0. Also known as imaginary quantity.
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Imaginary Number

 

a number of the form x + iy, where i = Imaginary Numberx and y are real numbers and y ≠ 0; that is, a complex number that is not real. Imaginary numbers of the form iy are called pure imaginary; sometimes only the latter are referred to as imaginary numbers. The term “imaginary number” appeared after such numbers had already entered general use although their real meaning had not been ascertained.

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