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Complex Numbers

by Waltz Invictus

Rated: 18+ · Book · Personal · #1196512

Not for the faint of art.

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.

http://www.ddewey.net/mandelbrot/

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tj-Merry Mischief Maker

about 19 hours ago
In response to "A Mammoth Discovery"

This makes think of a book, "Evolution and Genomic Diversity" by Gene Poole.

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tj-Merry Mischief Maker

a day ago
In response to "Hot Shoulder"

Maybe if we say, "Betelgeuse" three times in a row we can witness it.

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tj-Merry Mischief Maker

Dec 23, 2024 at 4:55pm
In response to "Trash Pandas"

Being an avid camper, keeping items out of the reach of raccoons can be challenging. We've had them figure out how to open coolers, open chests, and even gnaw through rope used to suspend a cooler out of their reach.

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🐕GeminiGem🎁

Dec 23, 2024 at 12:56pm
In response to "Trash Pandas"

I wrote one of my Danger Dog stories based on a childhood camping trip that involved a raccoon stealing grapes from our cooler "Danger Dog's Camping Capers"

I had always heard that cockroaches will be the only thing that survives a nuclear war/apocolypse, but maybe it will actually be the raccoons.

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🌖 HuntersMoon

Dec 23, 2024 at 10:04am
In response to "Trash Pandas"

Just wait until we team up with the cats...

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Jayngle Bells

Dec 23, 2024 at 10:03am
In response to "Trash Pandas"

The back of my property is sheltered by buildings and cedar trees, so I live on a "racoon highway." Tinfoil works until one takes it for the team and moves it. The only scent that somewhat deters then is ammonia - but they alter their path within the already preferred walkway, not avoid it completely. They generally leave the garbage bin alone, but that's because of the bears, not because of anything we do 😂

I've had more wildlife problems in the city than I ever did in the country. The first time I saw a deer up close? In the middle of my street directly in front of my house. Probably looking for the trash panda party. Lol

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Annette

Dec 21, 2024 at 11:59am
In response to "Neutral Zone"

It made me happy that I was able to like it. I take the small victories.

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tj-Merry Mischief Maker

Dec 20, 2024 at 6:06pm
In response to "To Err Is Human"

Right from the beginning I find myself asking, "How many times can anything go extinct?" On a side note, the other day while shopping I saw a neanderthal in the produce section. He was trying to fit in with modern clothes, but it was pretty obvious he was a neanderthal.

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Annette

Dec 20, 2024 at 1:00pm
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Annette

Dec 20, 2024 at 12:58pm
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November 10, 2024 at 9:43am

#1079759

Revisited: "Worst Year Ever"

No, the title isn't political commentary. My random selection of past entries yielded this bit from the end of 2018: "Worst Year Ever"

The (very short) entry is basically a few comments on a link to an article from Science.org,

which is still available and claims that the year 536 C.E. was "the worst [year] to be alive."

My commentary back then was pretty much focused on praising the interdisciplinary science that produced this result. But now, six years on, I might have a few more things to say about the article itself.

Ask medieval historian Michael McCormick what year was the worst to be alive, and he's got an answer: "536."

"Worst" is obviously a matter of opinion. It's also dependent on the opinion-holder's experience and knowledge. Ask people what the worst movie ever made is, and you'll get a bunch of different answers, but none of them are definitive because I guarantee you none of them have seen every single movie ever made, and one person's "worst" may be another's "yeah, it was pretty bad."

In this case, we've got a guy whose area of focus seems to be medieval Europe, so his answer is understandably Eurocentric.

A mysterious fog plunged Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia into darkness, day and night—for 18 months.

See? Nothing about North America, which had a decent population at the time, or anything in the Southern Hemisphere. It might have been a shitty time in those places, but maybe not the worst year to be alive. Especially for the native Americans or Australians.

Temperatures in the summer of 536 fell 1.5°C to 2.5°C, initiating the coldest decade in the past 2300 years.

Hey, guys, I think I've figured out how to stop global warming. If we can't make a volcano go boom, there's always the similar effects of nuclear winter.

Historians have long known that the middle of the sixth century was a dark hour in what used to be called the Dark Ages, but the source of the mysterious clouds has long been a puzzle.

Spoiler: volcanic eruptions in Iceland.

Probably. I mean, it's science, so results can have varying confidence levels, and I haven't seen any updated articles since then. Still, my main point remains: when different disciplines cross-reference each other, you get better science.

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