En réponse à Tristan McLeay :
>So in other words they're like women: totally evil but absolutely
>necessary?[1]
LOL. Actually I've never found them evil. They are pretty simple actually.
>exp(x)=e^x?
Yes. Originally, e^ix is really only a practical abbreviation for (cos
x+i*sin x), but it proves to contain more than that :) .
>Been cursing science a lot, have you? or just cursing in a scientific
>way? :P
Both actually ;))) .
>Wow. I'm impressed. I'd asked this question to a few people, but no-one
>could answer it (the best I'd got was from my father: 'something to do
>with trigonometry'
Not far :)) .
> I think (he used to be a mechanical engineer)). I
>hadn't really asked anyone who would really know, though, I don't think.
Well, it may be that in France we learn complex numbers quite early (last
year of high school) so we use them more than the rest of the world?
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.