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-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-23 days agoThere’s a think called Dirac Delta, which, simplified, has the property that δ • 0 = 1. It’s used in physics to deal with singularities (where values would be ∞) in a meaningful way.
There’s a think called Dirac Delta, which, simplified, has the property that δ • 0 = 1. It’s used in physics to deal with singularities (where values would be ∞) in a meaningful way.