Thread: need a translation

For example 'это' is pronounced 'эйто'

Originally Posted by waxwing

@Pravit : I'm talking about the square root of minus 1. In the engineering 'culture' it has always been written as j (presumably to avoid confusion with 'i' for current? - although it seems like capital I is more common for that .. not really sure), whereas in the 'pure maths/theoretical physics' camp it's always been i. We used to get very sniffy about books with j in them!

@Nik: eh? ()

It's written j?!?!?!?!? Alas! Yes, in my maths classes we've always used i, I suppose I'll be rather shocked in my engi classes next semester. But yea, they always write current as capital I. Hmmrm.