On 15 June 2010 23:26, Carson <c.sci.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry I may have missed the reason for this earlier: What's the > reason for allowing both 'i' and 'j' to indicate the imaginary part? > Is the intention to also later have 'k' to support quaternions? Just > curious. Thanks.
"j" is used by electrical engineers to represent the imaginary part of a complex number, because "I" has already been taken to mean electrical current. Presumably this is the reason. - James -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
