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I would like to know why Schrodinger was so upset by the presence of i in his equation. It isn't clear to me why all the hate for i? It's not like it makes the

• pygy_ 6y ago
  There was initial backlash against complex numbers in the math community. i was deemed "imaginary" IIRC by its detractors, for the same reason the primeval atom was dubbed the "Big Bang": mockery, to accelerate its dismissal. This bad reputation may have carried up to the 1920’s...