@niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months 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-square25arrow-up163
arrow-up163message-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@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square25
minus-square@gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish13•edit-26 months 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.