In an effort to address this problem, mathematicians "created" a new number, i, which was referred to as an "imaginary number", since it was not in the set of "Real Numbers". This new number was viewed with much skepticism. The imaginary number first appeared in print in the year 1545
The imaginary number "i" is the square root of negative one.
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An imaginary number possesses the unique property that when squared, the result is negative.
