1. Imaginary Numbers
And in physics, it turns out quantum mechanics uses complex numbers for just about everything - the wave functions of particles have a complex amplitude, including a real and "imaginary" part, and both are essential. ... This pair of real numbers can be thought of as a complex number, and it turns out that the strange rule of multiplication of complex numbers has relevance to the physics of an electromagnetic field. ...
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