'A number that becomes negative when squared' is an imaginary number, which is used as part of the wave function that represents a pure state in quantum mechanics, which is a field of physics. It has ...

Imaginary numbers are necessary to accurately describe reality, two new studies have suggested. Imaginary numbers are what you get when you take the square root of a negative number, and they have ...

An imaginary number is a number that, when squared, has a negative result. Essentially, an imaginary number is the square root of a negative number and does not have a tangible value. While it is not ...