The only reason that we like complex numbers is that we don't like real numbers. — Bernd Sturmfels Copy Share Image
There can be very little of present-day science and technology that is not dependent on complex numbers in one way or another. — Keith Devlin Copy Share Image
The whole apparatus of the calculus takes on an entirely different form when developed for the complex numbers. — Keith Devlin Copy Share Image
Complete knowledge of the nature of an analytic function must also include insight into its behavior for imaginary values of the arguments.… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
The shortest path between two truths in the real domain passes through the complex domain. — Jacques Hadamard Copy Share Image
Indeed, nowadays no electrical engineer could get along without complex numbers, and neither could anyone working in aerodynamics or fluid dynamics. — Keith Devlin Copy Share Image
