niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoAs imaginary numbers (square root is negative) are useful, is there any mathematical use for an imaginary number that, when multiplied by zero, gives a non-zero result?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down12
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareAs imaginary numbers (square root is negative) are useful, is there any mathematical use for an imaginary number that, when multiplied by zero, gives a non-zero result?niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoThat sounds like you are describing a function. You can have a function where inputting 0 gives a 0 output except certain conditions where an input of 0 gives non zero output. For example y=sin(x) gives 0 every time x=2π. Otherwise it ouputs a non zero number.
That sounds like you are describing a function.
You can have a function where inputting 0 gives a 0 output except certain conditions where an input of 0 gives non zero output. For example y=sin(x) gives 0 every time x=2π. Otherwise it ouputs a non zero number.