Question about Mathematics from Zamiatin.

[Alina Israeli]

He was an engineer, so he should have known math.

Иррациональное число is the one that will have  
endless numbers в периоде, like "pi" http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%81%D0% 
BB%D0%BE

On Dec 7, 2013, at 2:27 PM, Anthony Anemone wrote:

> 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
>> -- 
>> Tony Anemone
>> Associate Professor
>> The New School
>> 72 Fifth Ave, 702
>> New York, NY 10011
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