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Abstract: We present a bottom up review of complex numbers through analytical functions commonly used in digital signal processing. Standard practice uses complex exponential functions for engineering ...

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A mathematician has solved a 200-year-old maths problem after figuring out a way to crack higher-degree polynomial equations without using radicals or irrational numbers. The method developed by ...

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