History of imaginary numbers
History of imaginary numbers
I is an imaginary number, it is also the only imaginary number. But it wasn’t just created it took a long time to convince mathematicians to accept the new number. Over time I was created. This also includes complex numbers, which are numbers that have both real and imaginary numbers and people now use I in everyday math.
I was created because everyone needed it. At first the square root of a negative number was thought to be impossible. However, mathematicians soon came up with the idea that a number to solve this equations could be created. Today the square root of negative one is known as I. I is very useful to the world engineers use it to study stresses on beams. Complex numbers help us study the flow of fluid around objects, such as water around a pipe. Last year in my electricity class we had to use imaginary numbers all the time.They are also used in electric circuits, and help in transmitting radio waves. So if it weren’t for I, we might not be able to talk on our cell phones, or listen to the radio. It is definitely a good thing that I was created. The very first mention of people trying to use imaginary numbers dates all the way back to the 1st century. Heron of Alexandria studied the volume of an impossible section of a pyramid. What made it impossible was when he had to take the square root of negative thirty three. However, he thought this was impossible so he gave up. For a very long time, no one tried to use imaginary numbers.
Once negative numbers were invented, mathematicians tried to find a number that, when squared, could equal a negative one. Not finding the answer they gave up as well. In the 1500’s, some thoughts about square roots of negative numbers was brought back. Formulas for solving third and fourth degree polynomial equations were discovered, and people realized that some work with square roots of negative numbers would sometimes be required. Usually they didn’t want to work with
I is an imaginary number, it is also the only imaginary number. But it wasn’t just created it took a long time to convince mathematicians to accept the new number. Over time I was created. This also includes complex numbers, which are numbers that have both real and imaginary numbers and people now use I in everyday math.
I was created because everyone needed it. At first the square root of a negative number was thought to be impossible. However, mathematicians soon came up with the idea that a number to solve this equations could be created. Today the square root of negative one is known as I. I is very useful to the world engineers use it to study stresses on beams. Complex numbers help us study the flow of fluid around objects, such as water around a pipe. Last year in my electricity class we had to use imaginary numbers all the time.They are also used in electric circuits, and help in transmitting radio waves. So if it weren’t for I, we might not be able to talk on our cell phones, or listen to the radio. It is definitely a good thing that I was created. The very first mention of people trying to use imaginary numbers dates all the way back to the 1st century. Heron of Alexandria studied the volume of an impossible section of a pyramid. What made it impossible was when he had to take the square root of negative thirty three. However, he thought this was impossible so he gave up. For a very long time, no one tried to use imaginary numbers.
Once negative numbers were invented, mathematicians tried to find a number that, when squared, could equal a negative one. Not finding the answer they gave up as well. In the 1500’s, some thoughts about square roots of negative numbers was brought back. Formulas for solving third and fourth degree polynomial equations were discovered, and people realized that some work with square roots of negative numbers would sometimes be required. Usually they didn’t want to work with