Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 18:01:22 -0400 From: "Jeff LaCoursiere" <jeff@jeff.net> To: Frank Mitchell <mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk>, staffslug@staffslug.org.uk, sc@mailman.lug.org.uk, freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Complex Factors Of Primes Message-ID: <20080513220045.M57326@jeff.net> In-Reply-To: <200805132200.32035.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> References: <200805111353.34551.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> <200805132200.32035.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk>
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I ate a Quaternion once. Tastes like chicken. j On Tue, 13 May 2008 22:00:31 +0100, Frank Mitchell wrote > I'm surprised at you fellas: > > The whole point is that "i" or "j" is the Square Root of Minus One. > Thus minus i squared equals Plus One. So: > > (2+i)*(2-i) = 4+1 = 5 > > (3+2i)*(3-2i) = 9+4 =13 > > Quaternions have 3 different square roots of -1, called i, j, k, and > they too have Complex Conjugates like Complex Numbers. The Imaginary > Components i, j, k then gave us the idea of Vectors. Divide two > Vectors and you get a Quaternion. > > Faictz Ce Que Vouldras: Frank Mitchell > > ------ FreeBSD UK Users' Group - Mailing List ------ > http://listserver.uk.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-users > *** Handled by Will's new toy *** -- Jeff LaCoursiere JB Telenet, LLC 6501 Redhook Plaza, box 395 St Thomas, USVI 00802
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