So what exactly is a complex number?

[Chris Mellon]

On 8/31/07, Carsten Haese <carsten at uniqsys.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 20:11 -0500, Lamonte Harris wrote:
> > Like in math where you put letters that represent numbers for place
> > holders to try to find the answer type complex numbers?
>
> Is English your native language? I'm having a hard time decoding your
> question.
>

I'm pretty sure he was describing middle school algebra.