Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Imaginary plane

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The result of the debate was redirect to Complex plane. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:39, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Imaginary plane

Finishing this old nomination, no vote. --Dmcdevitยทt 02:40, July 17, 2005 (UTC)

I think that this should be amended as it seems to be a defination of an imaginary point and not a plane. It also dosen't explain what imaginary numbers are, so placing the defination in context. (preceding unsigned comment by Tarazis 18:01, June 21, 2005 UTC)

  • It's a ... er ... real term used in both relativity and fractals, albeit that these are somewhat of an abuse given that apparently it is either the complex plane or the imaginary axis that is in fact meant when "imaginary plane" is used. This article doesn't describe any of this, though, describing as it does an imaginary part instead. Unless this sort of imaginary plane is worth writing about (What could one say that would be verifiable?), a redirect to complex number seems to be the most edifying. Uncle G 04:08, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
    • Having looked at those references, in the first article, the term "imaginary plane" is being used to refer to a plane that is just a thought-experiment; one for the sake of the argument. The second article uses loose mathematical langauge, but the full quote from the article is "real and imaginary plane" which is a viable (if odd) way to refer to the complex plane (this is occasionally called the real-imaginary plane), and so does not really refer to the "imaginary plane" of this article. The Google hits all seem to be non-existent planes rather than mathematical terminologies, too, from their summaries. -Splash 04:57, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect to Imaginary number (or to complex number, if mathemeticians think that the better option). -- BD2412 talk 04:16, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, in mathematics at least, there is no such thing as "the imaginary plane"; it's just some teenager misunderstanding a maths lesson, I think. The content that is here does not need merging, it held already in the various article earlier voters have cited. -Splash 04:57, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect to complex plane. "Imaginary plane" is a conflation of "complex plane" and "imaginary number". I can see that someone else might make the same mistake. Wile E. Heresiarch 22:56, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Complex plane. JamesBurns 03:43, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
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