complex number

Find out how complex numbers help to keep the lights on.
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In this video the mathematician Holly Krieger explains how complex numbers are important in the study of dynamical systems.
In this video mathematician Chris Budd explains why complex numbers are essential in keeping the lights on.
Producing electricity securely, safely, reliably and cheaply, has many challenges. Chris Budd explains that the answer to many of these issues is maths.
Producing electricity securely, safely, reliably and cheaply, has many challenges. Chris Budd explains that the answer to many of these issues is maths.
Producing electricity securely, safely, reliably and cheaply has many challenges. Chris Budd explains that the answer to many of these issues is maths.
Here's a quick introduction to the beauty queen amongst mathematical formulas.
This year's Abel Prize has been awarded to the Belgian mathematician Pierre Deligne for "seminal contributions to algebraic geometry and for their transformative impact on number theory, representation theory, and related fields".
How to take square roots of negative numbers and invent a whole new family of numbers in the process.
If you're bored with your holiday snaps, then why not turn them into fractals? A new result by US mathematicians shows that you can turn any reasonable 2D shape into a fractal, and the fractals involved are very special too. They are intimately related to the famous Mandelbrot set.
A new 3D version of the Mandelbrot set