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- desistere, on 10/12/2007, -6/+227pi and i? That's complex.
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+209The fact that you had to point out that 8 sounds like 'ate' is hilarious.
- DiggsOnlyNeoCon, on 10/12/2007, -6/+136I hope you enjoy the rest of your second grade year...
- addiggt, on 07/06/2009, -26/+143Stop complaining.
- mpkauto, on 10/12/2007, -6/+103i laughed. and im not a math teacher.
QED -
You lose. - langzaiguy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+90What did the 0 say to the 8? Nice belt.
- raithetarkon, on 10/12/2007, -4/+79Only an idiot would think that knowledge equals intelligence.
- bongo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+73All electrical engineers know that j is the jimaginary number.
- raithetarkon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+57I laughed and I don't even really like math.
- HayString, on 10/12/2007, -7/+62But the title is saying that you and pi got into a fight, and I'd bet that that's what most people are thinking of until they click the link.
- shreveyboy, on 10/12/2007, -17/+72When I read the article, I thought it said "Pi and [the person who submitted this story] got into an argument" which is funny too. Perhaps this capital I was intentional and, even if not, I found both quiet funny.
- AndrewNorris, on 10/12/2007, -2/+57@nestafett
The value of the letter i is the square root of -1
So if you have a problem like x = √-81, you would split it so it becomes x = i√81, then you can make it x = ±9i
i² = -1
i³ = i²(i) = -1(i) = -i
i= (i²)(i²) = (-1)(-1) = 1
To be honest I just wanted to use character map. - TheTaoOfBill, on 10/12/2007, -2/+56Just because someone doesn't know what imaginary numbers are doesn't make them an idiot. It just makes them less advanced in math. Don't start considering yourself part of some elitist group because you know basic algebra.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+62Almost as good as this
http://www.as8.it/stuff/Rock_Rule.gif
@jessestimpson: Also, electricians and electonicticians (WTF) use "j" for the positive for square root of -1 cos iirc both I and i are taken by something else in their field. - M2Ys4U, on 10/12/2007, -4/+50I'm neither a math teacher or a virgin, nice try though.
- derekbalsam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+42@realitybias:
1: i ^ i = e ^ x for some x
2: x = ln( i ^ i )
3: x = i ln( i )
4: x = i ln( -1 ^ (1/2) )
5: x = ( i / 2 ) ln( -1 )
6: e ^ ( i * pi ) + 1 = 0 [Euler's equation]
7: e ^ ( i * pi ) = -1
8: i * pi = ln( -1 )
9: x = ( i /2 ) * ( i * pi ) [by 5 and 8 above]
10: x = ( i * i * pi ) / 2
11: x = -pi / 2
12: i ^ i = e ^ ( -pi / 2 ) = 0.207879576... QED - Jabertsohn, on 10/12/2007, -5/+43Dugg down for bad assumptions.
- seventoes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+36Pi IS EXACTLY 3!!!!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+33You know what makes a great invalid phone number message?
"The number you have entered is imaginary, please rotate your phone dial 90 degrees and try again," - davidrools, on 10/12/2007, -3/+32The pilot of a plane on its way out of Poland dies unexpectedly in flight. A passenger is asked to fill in. He looks at the controls and shakes his head. "What's wrong?" someone asks. The reply: "I'm just a simple Pole in a complex plane."
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+33Play on words. In mathematics
i = imaginary ( not a real number, imaginary = complex number with no real part)
pi = irrational (cannot be written as a fraction using integers)
i tells pi to be rational ( realistic, acceptable etc.)
pi tells him to get real ( i.e., ***** off) - brwright, on 10/12/2007, -10/+36This one rocks too:
http://www.mightywombat.com/oldtoon.php?year=2006&id=269 - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+28Dude, if you are submitting stories to Digg, you do not have an INNER geek. IT is completely on the outside.
- davidrools, on 10/12/2007, -4/+29another one for the engineers:
A 747 was flying along and was full of Polish people. As they were going past some beautiful landmarks, the pilot came over the intercom and instructed all who were interested in seeing the landmark to look out the right side of the plane. Many passengers did so, and the plane promply crashed. Why?
Too many poles in the right hand plane.
if you don't get it: when you take a transfer function in the frequency domain and plot the values of s, where the transfer function is undefined, in the complex plane, you have an unstable system if any of the poles are to the right of the imaginary (vertical) axis. hence the plane became unstable and crashed when the "poles" were on the right half of the "plane". okay you still dont get it. that's okay. you probably know lots more useful things like how to score with chicks. - bigboehmboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24Doesn't anyone know? You should NEVER get in an argument with pi; it just goes on and on forever!
- terribly1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26Pun on resolution being "what you're going to do for the new year ahead" and "how many lines displayed on a tv".
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20Thats the most eloquent, minimalist way that I've ever seen it done. Thanks man :)
It always freaks people out who learn about imaginary numbers for the first time. Blows their mind. - desistere, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16I'm a math teacher and I didn't laugh =)
- jus1haz2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Im not even good at math nor do I like it and I got the pun
- nathanlandis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13@derekbalsam
It's been a while since I've seen a mathematical proof that made me sit back, smile, and say "wow." That did, and made my day because of it's elegance.
Yes, I realize it's a Saturday night and I should be doing different things than Digg forums and mathematical proofs. But so goes the life of a soon-to-be graduating engineer.... - brwright, on 10/12/2007, -10/+21http://www.mightywombat.com/oldtoon.php?year=2007&id=292
- xxNIRVANAxx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11someone didn't get the joke
- sn0re, on 10/12/2007, -7/+17@terribly1:
AKA not funny. - bg2500, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16never mind
bury me - DAGman27, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8@MasterNewbie
You need to start watching the Simpsons........well the old re-runs anyway. - ColonelJessup, on 10/12/2007, -7/+15I don't get it. Could some one explain it to me, and be nice?
- HAKdragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8j is sometimes used because i is used for current by electricians and electrical engineers. Interestingly enough, voltage can be representative as both v and e
- derekbalsam, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10@desheffer:
"By that same logic, pi is rational because pi / 1 is "rational".
You didn't read what I wrote, or you didn't comprehend it. A rational number can be expressed as the quotient of two _integers_. pi is not an integer. i is an integer. Sure, it's not a _real_ integer, but it's an integer in the field of complex numbers. It's a unit of the complex ring, and definitely an integer.
This is just undergraduate level algebra here, folks. - dielawn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6because man, your high.
- nene7070, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7im pretty sure its white, because its a polar bear. Am i correct? :)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Want to see something crazy? Unless you're pretty up there in math, this should surprise you...
Raise i to the i power on any calculator that can do complex number math (any TI83+ will do it).
Surprised at the answer? I'll let another digger handle the explanation. - EndersGame, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I learned imaginary numbers in 7th grade Algebra, and again in 8th grade Geometry. Are you saying a large portion of digg hasn't reached 8th grade yet? Just because you couldn't understand imaginary numbers in basic algebra and read up on it on the internet years after you dropped out of college and now have an undeserved sense of self accomplishment and brilliance doesn't mean we are all that retarded.
- pyromouse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Little hypocritical for i to demand rationality don't you think?
- Sunsetter, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I don't know why, but I can't stop laughing.
- desheffer, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8@derekbalsam:
By that same logic, pi is rational because pi / 1 is "rational". - Dumbledorito, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4A much better Pi cartoon:
http://xkcd.com/c10.html
And that site has amazingly funny geek humor. I'd be surprised if it hasn't been Dugg. - dakotatypes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@derekbalsam
It may cause less confusion in this discussion to again qualify the statement 'i is an integer' by noting that it is an algebraic integer (it is also a Gaussian integer). You may also find it interesting (if you do not already know) that since the complex logarithm is multivalued i^i = e^(-pi/2)+twopi*i*k where k is any (rational) integer.
@rm999, everyone else
Although the word 'integer' is widely used as a signed nonnegative natural number, it is by no means the only use of the word in mathematics. People who deal with mathematics inevitably run into difficulty when trying to describe numbers intuitively in few words because of the scarcity of unique identifiers. (Normal anyone?)
@jeffiek, hdtvdust, anyone else who cares
A capital I is used in some computer algebra systems to denote the positive imaginary unit. Just to avoid confusion I would like to note that a unit in a ring is not equivalent to being an integer: consider 2 in the ring of integers. - NickTheTrick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4For those that enjoyed this cartoon and think you know something about "i", you might be interested in this little puzzle:
http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003110618961116233 - Uranium118, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Chemistry joke:
Why do white bears dissolve in water? Because they're polar. - mash8591, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I like Pi, Do you like Pi. Pi is the patent holder for ACPI.
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