Well, this should be a relatively short post. I hope this doesn't bring a throng of weirdos into the comment field that wants to argue about how 2 + 2 is not 4; ha-ha!
Anyway, the typical numbers that are commonplace and used within the more
mundane version of life, is often called "real numbers." You know, stuff
like adding, subtracting, dividing, fractions, positive and even
negative numbers. Imaginary numbers, on the other hand, still play an
important role in math-magics, oops, I mean mathematics; ha! For
example, imaginary numbers have the strange property of involving the
square root of a negative number. A square of a positive number is a
positive number, and the square of a negative number is also a positive
number.
However, math-magics also take into account, numbers that when multiplied by itself still gives a negative number. This is definitely imaginary albeit it still obeys a consistent set of rules. Now, if you take a pair of numbers with one being "real" and the other being "imaginary," you then get what they call "complex numbers." Ha-ha! The reason for the unpredictability in quantum mechanics is from taking the square of a wave function (which is like the complex numbers), as you will get a positive numerical value that is real, although you will lose part of the info contained within the complex number, which is called "the phase."
If any of this made sense to you, please exit this screen now because you've landed on the wrong page. If you are as confused as quantum mechanics often are, feel free to laugh. LOL!
However, math-magics also take into account, numbers that when multiplied by itself still gives a negative number. This is definitely imaginary albeit it still obeys a consistent set of rules. Now, if you take a pair of numbers with one being "real" and the other being "imaginary," you then get what they call "complex numbers." Ha-ha! The reason for the unpredictability in quantum mechanics is from taking the square of a wave function (which is like the complex numbers), as you will get a positive numerical value that is real, although you will lose part of the info contained within the complex number, which is called "the phase."
If any of this made sense to you, please exit this screen now because you've landed on the wrong page. If you are as confused as quantum mechanics often are, feel free to laugh. LOL!
Image Credit: Huh? It simply must be imaginary. What image? What numbers? You are going to speak with your mechanic and quantify my quantum what? Ha!
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Yikes! After re-reading my own post, it seems that this would better represent the term 'gobbledygook' or possibly the phrase 'confused jargon' and whatnot. But seriously, after looking at the traffic stats, it seems to me that there are very few people out there searching for the meanings or reasons for imaginary numbers within this crazy field of quantum mechanics. LOL!
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