Why is Complex number notation the way it is?

[Steven Feil]

I was schooled as a Physicists dammit!!
The imaginary number is i!!!

Electric current ALWAYS flows from Positive TO Negative.
   charge carrier may flow from negative to positive, such as e- and
   Cl- but Na+ flows from positive to negative. If you don't believe
   that Na+ and Cl- can flow, try taking a bath in salt water and throw
   in a toaster.


IE=P is ALWAYS true, even with AC and a phase factor
   Because instantaneous current times instantaneous voltage is equal
   to instantaneous power! (in physics everything is instantaneous)


In article <3C21173A.8E02D0A0 at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>, "Greg Ewing"
<greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

> Josh Yotty wrote:
>> 
>> I've been coding Python for about a day now, and I can't 'see' why a
>> complex number like 2+3i is represented as 2+3j in Python.
> 
> Guido was apparently thinking like an engineer at the time. Electronic
> engineers use j instead of i to avoid confusion with current.
> 


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