@niktemadur to Ask ScienceEnglish • 2 days agoAs imaginary numbers (square root is negative) are useful, is there any mathematical use for an imaginary number that, when multiplied by zero, gives a non-zero result?message-square24arrow-up162arrow-down12
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareAs imaginary numbers (square root is negative) are useful, is there any mathematical use for an imaginary number that, when multiplied by zero, gives a non-zero result?@niktemadur to Ask ScienceEnglish • 2 days agomessage-square24
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•edit-22 days agoThere’s a think called Dirac Delta, which, simplified, has the property that δ • 0 = 1. It’s used in physics to deal with singularities (where values would be ∞) in a meaningful way.
There’s a think called Dirac Delta, which, simplified, has the property that δ • 0 = 1. It’s used in physics to deal with singularities (where values would be ∞) in a meaningful way.