> From: JFC (Jefsey) Morfin [mailto:jefsey@xxxxxxxxxx] > > > I do not understand what Phillips means? > > > >a complex number has a real and an imaginary part, and the imaginary > >part is denoted with a "j" (well, engineers use "j", mathematicians > >tend to use "i"). Phillip noted that MIT could use complex > telephone > >numbers for internal use without impacting worldwide > telephone routing, > >since they'd use an orthogonal name space. > > OK. I use "i". I never thought Philips considered "complex numbers" > because it would means he has absolutely not understood the set-up. > And, if one was able to pick it immediately I thought he > would be that one! Please do not mistake a lack of understanding for sarcasm, ridicule and contempt. MIT is an engineering university which is why I specified j.
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