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Language:enStatus: Obsolete
Term: imaginary unit
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Symbol: j
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Definition: complex number j represented by the pair of real numbers (0, 1)

NOTE 1 The complex number represented by the pair (a, b) can also be represented by a+jb MathType@MTEF@5@5@+= feaagKart1ev2aqatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbbjxAHX garuavP1wzZbItLDhis9wBH5garmWu51MyVXgarqqtubsr4rNCHbGe aGqk0di9Wr=fpeei0di9v8qiW7rqqrVepeea0xe9LqFf0xc9q8qqaq Fn0lXdHiVcFbIOFHK8Feea0dXdar=Jb9hs0dXdHuk9fr=xfr=xfrpe WZqaaeaaciWacmGadaGadeaabaGaaqaaaOqaaiaadggacqGHRaWkju gibiaacQgakiaadkgaaaa@3D03@ .

NOTE 2 The imaginary unit j and its opposite −j are the two square roots of −1.

NOTE 3 In electrotechnology, the symbol j is preferred to the symbol i, usual in mathematics and other fields.


Publication date:2007-08
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Internal notes:2014-07-11: Symbol j, i corrected to j<br>i. JGO

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