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1.7320508075688773i what is this in fraction form?

 Oct 4, 2016

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My guess is that this is meant to be \(\sqrt3i\) - but that's just a guess!

 

To 17 dp we have:

 

 

Of course \(\sqrt3\) cannot be expressed exactly as a fraction.

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 Oct 4, 2016
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I have never seen a complex number expressed as a fraction!!. The decimal part can be written as this fraction: 1 80198051/109552575i   !!!!!!. Alan: Look at this strange contraption, please.

 Oct 4, 2016
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My guess is that this is meant to be \(\sqrt3i\) - but that's just a guess!

 

To 17 dp we have:

 

 

Of course \(\sqrt3\) cannot be expressed exactly as a fraction.

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Alan Oct 4, 2016

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