Examples Of Imaginary Numbers. The square root of minus one 1 is the unit imaginary number the equivalent of 1 for real numbers. Examples of imaginary numbers.
The short story the imaginary by isaac asimov has also referred to the idea of imaginary numbers where imaginary numbers along with equations explain the behavior of a species of squid. For example 17 is a complex number with a real part equal to 17 and an imaginary part equalling zero and iis a complex number with a real part of zero. For example 3 2i.
An imaginary number is a complex number that can be written as a real number multiplied by the imaginary unit i which is defined by its property i 2 1.
Another frenchman abraham de moivre was amongst the first to relate complex numbers to geometry with his theorem of 1707 which related complex numbers and trigonometry together. Here is what is now called the standard form of a complex number. 3i 7i 2i i. This definition can be represented by the equation.