Statistics Definitions > Imaginary Numbers
The definition of an imaginary number is actually pretty simple. All you really need to know for most math classes is that i = √ -1. The broader definition is:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------An imaginary number is any number, that when squared, results in a negative number.
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