Imaginary number
An imaginary number is the product of a real number and the imaginary unit i, which is defined by its property i = −1. The square of an imaginary number bi is − b. For example, 5 i is an imaginary number, and its square is −25. The number zero is considered to be both real and imaginary.

Originally coined in the 17th century by René Descartes as a derogatory term and regarded as fictitious or useless, the concept gained wide acceptance following the work of Leonhard Euler (in the 18th century) and Augustin-Louis Cauchy and Carl Friedrich Gauss (in the early 19th century).

An imaginary number bi can be added to a real number a to form a complex number of the form a + bi, where the real numbers a and b are called, respectively, the real part and the imaginary part of the complex number.
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