Leibnitz
Die imaginaire Zahlen sind
ein feine und wunderliche
Zuflucht des göttlichen Geistes,
beinahe ein Amphibium
zwischen Sein und Nicht-sein.
Math teacher Heinz Widerporsten
had to quote Leibnitz again.
"If we know that:
i² = 1 and j² = 1 and k² = 1
and with quaternions multiplications
are no longer commutative, so that
j = -k * i = i * k
Which formula then ..."
Paustovsky
Meanwhile Henk and Ien whispered:
"Those teachers are really boring.
Except the Russian teacher.
Wish we had someone for geography
like Konstantin Paustovsky had.
Tsjerpunov the magician,
his cabinet full of bottles.
Water all the way from the Limpopo."
"Henk Samrink, pay attention.
Of course Ien is way more interesting
than math. But your grades tend to
D rather than C, so ...
z (a,b) = a + b * i = r (cos ф + i sin ф)
whereby -л < ф ≤ л and I give you this formula:
z¹º² + 999 z³³ – л z² = -417 + i"
"You know as well as I do, that those complex
numbers are a little too complex for me."
