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

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...