really silly nit: why 3+5j instead of 3+5i?

[andres at corrada.com]

On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 09:19:21AM +0100, Robin Becker wrote:

> as an electrical engineer I should point out that we use i and I for
> current so the j is to avoid confusion.

Physicists also use "i" and "I" for current and yet still use "i" for
imaginary numbers also. The use of "j" is unfortunate given that most
of the scientific/mathematical world uses "i".

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