Re: Pi day

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From: chapm19
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 00:00

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In <AF53F4E8966826FB9@brierley.demon.co.uk>, stephen@brierley.demon.co.uk (Stephen Brierley) writes:
>>And for the number i, I suggest 32 january as the first imaginary date for
>>the first of imaginary numbers ;-)
>
>Nice one, Laurent.
>
>But in what sense is i the first of the imaginary numbers?
>


Another idea for an imaginary date--

How about any date in the year 0 (zero)?

Robert R. Chapman, Jr.
chapm19@ibm.net
Lynnwood, WA 98036 USA
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From: chapm19@ibm.net
Subject: Re: Pi day
Date: 1997/03/18
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