Yes. It allows one to calculate a complex number raised to any power (in the form a+bi) without having to use the binomial theorem. Perhaps of more importance, the nth root theorem is dervied from it (which essentially is De Moivre's theorem, only modified to calculate roots instead of powers).
There's something enjoyable about being able to tell people that, say, cubed numbers (such as 8) have three cube roots, and not just one. =P
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Is that the one with non-real and complex numbers as a way to get large powers of polynomials?
Names escape me O.o
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There's something enjoyable about being able to tell people that, say, cubed numbers (such as 8) have three cube roots, and not just one. =P
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