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Raymond Fellers (r...@lotus.CS.Berkeley.EDU) wrote:
: Han (nguye...@ems.prc.com) wrote:
: : Matt Kellner <mkel...@hertz.elee.calpoly.edu> wrote in article 
: : > According to the Relativity theory, if an object's speed exceeds that
: : > of light, Time becomes a complex number.  I believe one of the key
: : > points in Warp Theory (Star Trek stuff) is finding a way to deal with
: : > time as a complex number.
: : > 
: : > By the same equation, it is also mathematically undefined (ie.
: : > impossible) to travel at exactly the speed of light, and it can be
: : > argued therefore that it's not possible to exceed the speed of light
: : > since one must pass through the speed-of-light barrier first.

: : This was the thing that turned me off of physics and math (besides the fact
: : that I'm probably more comfortable with networks anyway).  I think the
: : whole concept of imaginary and complex numbers is almost an unnecessary
: : restriction put on mathematics by these mathematicians.  It's as if people
: : say, "Oh the answer came out as imaginary, I guess that 'task' can't be
: : done."  Or "By these rules that have been put in place, it's an
: : impossibility."

: : I never took anything past Multi-var, so if anyone can enlighten me on the
: : practical applications of complex numbers I'd be happy to take it in.
: : -- 

: You see complex numbers all the time in quantum mechanics.
And in stochastic modelling, Fast Fourier transforms are very handy.


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: Raymond Fellers
: Dept. of Chemistry
: University of California
: r...@cs.berkeley.edu


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