I was just wondering how complex numbers can be applied in electrical engineering and why we use complex numbers over regular, real numbers for this application (e.g what capabilities does the complex number have that real numbers do not in electrical engineering)
Thanks !
I have done some research concerning impedances and understand how they are written in complex form, however I am still confused why complex numbers are necessary in this field over regular numbers.
In circuits theory, complex numbers can be used to model impedences which is impossible using real numbers (at a special case where all the elements are resistors it also could be attained using real numbers) but when there are also capacitors and solenoids an analytical approach can be reached only using complex numbers because of affording both magnitude and phase.