On 11/16/09 16:22, andrel wrote:
>> I've also seen pi used more than once as a general variable, rather
>> than a function name or a mathematical constant. This is why you see
>> phrases like "e^(i x) where e is the base of natural logarithms and i
>> is the imaginary unit". Because otherwise it's horrifyingly ambiguous.
>
> I am working in an environment where the imaginary unit is j (because i
> is for current). I have trouble adapting.

	Damn them electrical engineers.<G>

	When I was an undergrad, I worked at a math tutoring institute. A 
number of tutors were EE majors. I once caught one of them trying to 
help a student, and he kept writing stuff with j. It was really 
confusing her till I pointed out to the tutor that just about everyone 
else uses "i". I've met a bunch of guys who didn't know that.

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