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Why do we use imaginary numbers

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The "unit" Imaginary Number, the equivalent of 1 for Real Numbers is √(−1), the square root of minus one. In mathematics we use '' i '' for imaginary, but in electronics they use j because "i" already means current, and the next letter after i is j.
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