Re: Help with confirmation on a small bit of assembly?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Alex Freed wrote:
> "Don Bruder" <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in message 
> news:45bd5fd9$0$69026$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
>
> > > Yes it does. Take "i" and square it. You'll get a negative -1 by 
> > > definition.
> >
> > OK, wise-guy, any *REAL* number...
>
>
> Did you ever ask yourself why the numbers in many programming languages
> are devided into INTEGER and REAL?
> *REAL* as opposed to IMAGINARY.
>
> So again by definition "i" can not be represented by real numbers.
>
>
> > Eh... I don't  think that holds, seeing as they are, by definition, an
> > infinite distance apart... Rather difficult for two points an infinite
> > distance apart to be/occupy the same point, wouldn't you agree?
>
>
> I would agree if I didn't take a course in the theory of functions of
> complex variables. Imaginary numbers are hard to imagine.
> Pun intended.

I've always considered the most beautiful math equation to be:

   e^(2*i*pi) = -1

One could teach an entire course in complex analysis from that
equation!

-michael

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