From: Tim Bates <tim@...>
Date: 2003-02-06T19:33:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Error in Complex

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:00 pm, Tobias Peters wrote:
> What was their stated reason for prefering j over i?

i is already used in electrical and electronic disciplines to represent 
current (flow, strength etc). Which means that EE courses all use j, whilst 
the pure maths courses I'm taking use i, and I have to do mental backflips 
when I go from one to the other. Especially since electrical engineering uses 
complex numbers quite extensively, you come up with these expressions with 
both i and j in them, and have to concentrate quite hard to remember which is 
which.

Tim Bates
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