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    irrational numbers are numbers which are not a ratio of integers

    complex numbers, often called “imaginary” numbers, are ones with components of unit i =√-1

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      complex numbers, often called “imaginary” numbers,

      Aside: mostly, but complex numbers are an addition of both a real number and an imaginary number: a + bi. It just happens that a can be 0, making it a strictly irrational number when b ≠ 0.

      Thus, the imaginary numbers are a strict subset of the complex numbers.