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imaginary part
noun
- the coefficient b in the complex number a + bi.
imaginary part
noun
- the coefficient b in a complex number a + i b , where i = √–1
Word History and Origins
Origin of imaginary part1
Example Sentences
In the 1830s Gauss realized that each complex number—numbers that have real and imaginary parts, like 1 – 2i—can be displayed on a Cartesian grid.
“Not Forgotten” kicks off imaginary part two, which sees the band setting their phasers to nostalgia and performing as if back in 1990 again, sharing a Madchester stage with The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays.
Thus, by averaging over many trials and performing a tomographic reconstruction, one can in many cases extract the real and imaginary parts of the full density matrix.
These are convoluted mathematical objects that can be analysed using complex numbers - i.e. numbers with real and imaginary parts.
Yet let’s remember that z can be any complex number, formed from a real part and an imaginary part: x+iy.
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