Favorite imaginary number?

[tridim]

Poll question: Favorite imaginary number?

[hippiepunk]

1. Thanks for providing so many options.

;)

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Hey, what about j?

Don't leave the engineers out.

[ret5hd]

3. -i

the OTHER square root of -1.

[Squeech]

4. Quaternions

Did I spell that right?

In the quaternion system, there are three different imaginary terms, related as follows: i^2 = j^2 = k^2 = ijk = -1. Also they're not commutative: ijk = -kji. I'm told electrical engineers have to use them in certain applications.

[HeeBGBz]

5. Leventeen

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