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Complex Numbers
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Complex Numbers

A complex number is expressed in the standard form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is defined by i^2 = -1 (that is, i is the square root of -1). For example, 3 + 2i is a complex number.

The bi term is often referred to as an imaginary number (though this may be misleading, as it is no more "imaginary" than the symbolic abstractions we know as the "real" numbers). Thus, every complex number has a real part, a, and an imaginary part, bi.

Complex numbers are often represented on a graph known as the "complex plane," where the horizontal axis represents the infinity of real numbers, and the vertical axis represents the infinity of imaginary numbers. Thus, each complex number has a unique representation on the complex plane: some closer to real; others, more imaginary. If a = b, the number is equal parts real and imaginary.

Very simple transformations applied to numbers in the complex plane can lead to fractal structures of enormous intricacy and astonishing beauty.


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1.  There's a pill for that.ID #678219 
Posted: 11-30-2009 @ 7:56 pm EST 
Edited: 11-30-2009 @ 9:10 pm EST 

Now, vodka that comes in a pill

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Now-vodka-that-comes-in-a-pill/a...

MOSCOW: Good news for vodka lovers as you can consume your favourite drink just like any other solid food, without the hassle of carrying heavy glass bottles.

Russian professor Evgeny Moskalev of Saint Petersburg Technological University has evolved a technique that allows turning alcohol into powder and packing it in pills. The new technique can solidify any kind of alcohol, including whisky, cognac, wine and beer...


Okay, even the slightest application of critical thought (that is, provided one has not been taking these pills) will lead to the conclusion that this, like so much of the internet, is bogus.

Still, if it were real, and if such a pill could be developed, well... at least the location of the research is plausible.

Seriously, where else but Russia

would they do this?

In Soviet Russia, pill take YOU.
 


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