The History of "i" [modified]

[Ryan Binns]

Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

What do you mean by "the times there was no i"?

'i' is a very recent letter. Discovered in 1984 by a French astrologer I believe :rolleyes:

Ryan

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[Rage]

it is only "i" like "i"nteger, or "s" like "s"tring. ~RaGE();

[MatthysDT]

How does one discover a letter? :laugh::confused:

[Chris Maunder]

i is reserved for sqrt(-1) cheers, Chris Maunder

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[Steve Echols]

Rage wrote:

"i" like "i"nteger, or "s" like "s"tring

Much like hungarian notation, which I happen to like (I'm not hungarian), but am slowly being converted to camelCase (I'm not a camel either).

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[David Stone]

Chris Maunder wrote:

i is reserved for sqrt(-1)

We're not going to start this discussion again...are we? :~

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[David Stone]

I normally throw spaghetti up against the wall. Then, when I see an interesting pattern, I write it down. And that's how I discover new letters. Coming up with the pronunciation for those letters is a little difficult though. :rolleyes:

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[Ryan Binns]

David Stone wrote:

Coming up with the pronunciation for those letters is a little difficult though.

Give the spaghetti to someone who eats with their mouth open and listen to the interesting sounds that emerge :)

Ryan

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[Ryan Binns]

Steve Echols wrote:

I'm not a camel either

:laugh: Are you sure?

Ryan

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[Ryan Binns]

David Stone wrote:

We're not going to start this discussion again...are we?

What discussion? :-O

Ryan

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[Steve Echols]

:laugh: No humps! Just double checked. Although...hunching over my monitor might give me a "single" in a couple more years. :)

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[code frog 0]

Quit being irrational!:laugh:

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[Henrik Husted]

So you also programmed on ZX Spectrum :)

[KaRl]

Yep, it is beginning to become complex :)

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[code frog 0]

The possibilities are transcendental when you get David and Ryan going on Mathematics. Add in Chris and well... somehow it all equals "i" in the end...:laugh:

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[code frog 0]

I think I reserved i for 2 people at 7:00. :doh:

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[Andrew Torrance]

ok , but why no f in cake ?

[Francisco Viella]

Chris Maunder wrote:

i is reserved for sqrt(-1)

It depends. In electrical engineering, i is reserved for alternate current and, hence, we use j to refer to sqrt(-1). Francisco Silver at last!!

[Gary R Wheeler]

It started here:   n  Σ  i=0 the mathematical equivalent to:

for (i = 0; i <= n; i++) {
}

Note the terminating condition, as the mathematical expression Σ includes the terminating value.

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[Chris Maunder]

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