Re: So what exactly is a complex number?

On 31 Aug, 18:12, "Chris Mellon" <arka...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 8/31/07, Carsten Haese <cars...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 20:11 -0500, Lamonte Harris wrote:
Like in math where you put letters that represent numbers for place
holders to try to find the answer type complex numbers?

Is English your native language? I'm having a hard time decoding your
question.

I'm pretty sure he was describing middle school algebra.

Yes, I imagine that the "letters that represent numbers" is intended
to refer to this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_algebra

Whereas complex numbers are, of course, described here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_number

I hope the above resources are informative for the original inquirer.

Paul

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