If standard quantum theory holds up, imaginary numbers are critical. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Imaginary numbers are ...

Imaginary numbers might seem like unicorns and goblins — interesting but irrelevant to reality. But for describing matter at its roots, imaginary numbers turn out to be essential. They seem to be ...

The slavering fangs of vampirism seem to have plunged so deep into the thyrocervical trunk it's about to snap off math's Poindexter head like a Pez dispenser full of hemogloblin. Yesterday, we learned ...