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minus-squarePM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWait bottom mathematican is using j=√-1 instead of i and not the engineer? Because I’m EE gang, and all my homies use j.
minus-squarewetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe fun starts when you study quaternions i^2 = j^2 = k^2 = ijk = −1
minus-squareHappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThey’re actually very useful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago(…I think you may have gotten whooshed…)
minus-squareGandalfTheDumb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat part also got me really confused. All the mathematicans I know use i while engineers use i or j depending on the kind of engineer. I’ve never seen a Pikachu engineer using anything other than j.
minus-squareGanbat@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago Pikachu engineer That’s a fucking favorite now. Keeping that in my back pocket.
Wait bottom mathematican is using j=√-1 instead of i and not the engineer? Because I’m EE gang, and all my homies use j.
The fun starts when you study quaternions
i^2 = j^2 = k^2 = ijk = −1This can’t be real
They’re actually very useful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion
(…I think you may have gotten whooshed…)
That part also got me really confused. All the mathematicans I know use i while engineers use i or j depending on the kind of engineer. I’ve never seen a Pikachu engineer using anything other than j.
That’s a fucking favorite now. Keeping that in my back pocket.