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A mathematical symbol sometimes used, e.g. in electrical engineering (Warwick 1956; Hamming 1977) to denote the imaginary unit √(−1); see also: i.

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Howarth, R.J. (2017). J. In: Dictionary of Mathematical Geosciences . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57315-1_10

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