Subject: [MATHEDCC] square root of -1 history
From: Martha Haehl (haehl@kcmetro.cc.mo.us)
Date: Fri Jan 21 2000 - 17:54:33 EST
Hi all,
I have 2 questions.
1. Does anyone know what mathematicians first studied the square root of -1
and when it was first called an imaginary number?
2. We are considering buying Mathematica, Maple, or Matlab. What do you
see as the pros and cons of each program?
Martha
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