real life application of imaginary numbers

Asked Mar 08 '16 at 09:45

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I am having a hard time understanding what is an imaginary number, and the purpose for studying them.

I can't stop my mind from thinking "if it doesn't exist and is not 'real' why is it being studied"?

Can someone please give an example of a applicaiton of imaginary numbers and how it solved an important problem in science?

asked Mar 08 '16 at 09:45

devakotia

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You might want to ask yourself exactly how "real" the number we popularly call $\sqrt 2$ except for the name we give it? :) – Arkady Mar 08 '16 at 09:47
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Imaginary numbers do exist; they are not real in the sense that they are not real numbers. – gniourf_gniourf Mar 08 '16 at 09:47

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