From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 22:23:55 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D34E1106566C for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 22:23:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@jeff.net) Received: from hera.charnocks.net (hera.charnocks.net [216.185.111.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4832B8FC2D for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 22:23:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@jeff.net) Received: from charnocks.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.charnocks.net (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m4DM1MV9013780; Tue, 13 May 2008 17:01:22 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jeff@jeff.net) From: "Jeff LaCoursiere" To: Frank Mitchell , staffslug@staffslug.org.uk, sc@mailman.lug.org.uk, freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 18:01:22 -0400 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> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.51 20050228 X-OriginatingIP: 204.8.66.166 (jeff) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Cc: Subject: Re: Complex Factors Of Primes X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 22:23:55 -0000 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