The Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MNS), organized a seminar entitled, “Imaginary Numbers: A Story” on 14 July, 2016 at 10:00 am in Room UB21513. The speaker was Mr. Mohammad Hassan Murad, Lecturer of Mathematics from the Department of MNS.
In this seminar the speaker talked about the startling and insistent intrusion of mysterious objects in mathematics, usually called imaginary numbers (square roots of negative numbers). He discussed the fascinating story, the major breakthroughs, and great achievements of the history of imaginary numbers.
Mr. Murad explained that the usual introduction of complex numbers often found in textbooks did not give any indication of their long and arduous evolution which lasted over four hundred years, from the sixteenth century, during the Renaissance, to the Twentieth Century.
The speaker also discussed how the long thought “impossible” numbers proved more useful in their applications in various fields of modern science and technology. Faculty members and students attended the seminar and participated in a lively discussion.