Imaginary Roots Definition Math. A number that when squared gives a negative result. Has two complex roots x i and x i where i is the symbol designating the square root of 1.
Imaginary or complex roots in math are complex numbers other than real numbers which solve an equation. The complex numbers contain a number i the with i2 1. Illustrated definition of imaginary number.
The roots belong to the set of complex numbers and will be called complex roots or imaginary roots.
Also find the definition and meaning for various math words from this math dictionary. When we square a real number multiply it by itself. Imaginary roots appear in a quadratic equation when the discriminant of the quadratic equation the part under the square root sign b 2 4ac is negative if this value is negative you can t actually take the square root and the answers are not real. The roots belong to the set of complex numbers and will be called complex roots or imaginary roots.