Question about Mathematics from Zamiatin.

[Anthony Anemone]

Interesting, but then is Zamiatin's usage of иррациональный an error, or a
reflection of different usage in Russian at the beginning of the 19th
century?

Tony


On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Alina Israeli <aisrael at american.edu> wrote:

> No, square root of -1, know as *i * is called комплéксное число (with a
> stress on e, unlike the regular use with a stress on o):
> http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE
>
> On Dec 7, 2013, at 12:46 PM, Anthony Anemone wrote:
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I'm puzzled about Zamaitin's usage of иррациональный when referring to the
> square root of -1.  As far as I understand math terminology in English (not
> that far!), wouldn't that be an imaginary number?  Perhaps terminology in
> Russian is different?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tony
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