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A new simple geometrical interpretation of complex numbers is presented. It differs from their usual interpretation as points in the complex plane. From the new point of view the complex numbers are rather operations on vectors than points.…

Physics Education · Physics 2008-02-05 Jaroslaw Zalesny

In this paper, we chronologically recount several situations that have contributed to the development and formalization of the objects known as imaginary or complex numbers. We will begin by introducing the earliest documented knowing for…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2023-10-16 John Alexander Arredondo García , Camilo Ramírez Maluendas

This essay traces the history of three interconnected strands. Firstly, changes in the concept of number, secondly, the study of the qualities of number, which evolved into number theory, and thirdly, the nature of mathematics itself, from…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2017-05-09 Nicola Graves-Gregory

In this survey paper, I first review the history of Bernoulli numbers, then examine the modern definition of Bernoulli numbers and the appearance of Bernoulli numbers in expansion of functions. I revisit some properties of Bernoulli numbers…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Lin Cong

A new kind of numbers called Hyper Space Complex Numbers and its algebras are defined and proved. It is with good properties as the classic Complex Numbers, such as expressed in coordinates, triangular and exponent forms and following the…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Shanguang Tan

We will study the historical pathway of the emergence of Tessarines or Bicomplex numbers, from their origin as "imaginary" solutions of irrational equations, to their insertion in the context of study of the algebras of hypercomplex…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2015-11-24 Cinzia Cerroni

Negative and complex numbers are so familiar in modern mathematics, physics, and engineering that it is easy to forget how uncertain their status once was. They did not become established through a single route. This article follows four…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-24 Alex Krasnok

This talk reviews some mathematical and physical ideas related to the notion of dimension. After a brief historical introduction, various modern constructions from fractal geometry, noncommutative geometry, and theoretical physics are…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yuri I. Manin

Mathematical concepts and results have often been given a long history, stretching far back in time. Yet recent work in the history of mathematics has tended to focus on local topics, over a short term-scale, and on the study of ephemeral…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2019-10-30 Catherine Goldstein

The mathematical analysis was conceived in XVII century in Newton and Leibniz works. The problem of logical rigor in definitions was considered by Arnauld and Nicole in "Logique ou l'art de penser". They were the first, who distinguished…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2015-02-25 G. Sinkevich

In this paper, we define an ordering relation for a set of complex numbers, and research the properties and theorems of the ordering, solve some simple complex inequalities with the ordering.

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2010-03-26 Sun Daochun , Gu Zhendong , Liu Weiqun , Yue Chao

The aim of this paper is to study the historical evolution of mathematical thinking and its spatial spreading. To do so, we have collected and integrated data from different online academic datasets. In its final stage, the database…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2016-03-22 Floriana Gargiulo , Auguste Caen , Renaud Lambiotte , Timoteo Carletti

It is not commonly realized that the algebra of complex numbers can be used in an elegant way to represent the images of ordinary 3-dimensional figures, orthographically projected to the plane. We describe these ideas here, both using…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2010-12-01 Michael Eastwood , Roger Penrose

This article presents a general solution to the problem of computational complexity. First, it gives a historical introduction to the problem since the revival of the foundational problems of mathematics at the end of the 19th century.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-12-25 Rami Zaidan

This paper frames calculus as a global, centuries-long development rather than a subject that began only with Newton and Leibniz. Drawing on ideas from Greek, Indian, Islamic, and later European mathematics, it highlights how concepts like…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Chamila Gamage

We treat the classical notion of convexity in the context of hard real analysis. Definitions of the concept are given in terms of defining functions and quadratic forms, and characterizations are provided of different concrete notions of…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2009-09-01 Steven G. Krantz

Some aspects of the development of physics and the mathematics set one think about relation between complex numbers and reality around us. If number to spot as the relation of two quantities, from the fact of existence of complex numbers…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. V. Lyahov , V. M. Nechshadim

Weihrauch complexity is now an established and active part of mathematical logic. It can be seen as a computability-theoretic approach to classifying the uniform computational content of mathematical problems. This theory has become an…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-02-09 Vasco Brattka

Techniques for the evaluation of complex polynomials with one and two variables are introduced. Polynomials arise in may areas such as control systems, image and signal processing, coding theory, electrical networks, etc., and their…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-08-13 Khier Benmahammed , Saeed Badran , Bassam Kourdi

The efficacy of using complex numbers for understanding geometric questions related to polar equations and general cycloids is demonstrated.

History and Overview · Mathematics 2012-11-02 H. Azad , A. Laradji , M. T. Mustafa
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