👉 In mathematics, a "pellate" is a complex number that can be expressed in the form $a + bi$, where $a$ and $b$ are real numbers and $i^2 = -1$. This means that it has two distinct real parts and one imaginary part. The term comes from the fact that the equation $x^2 - 4 = 0$ has solutions of the form $x = \pm i$, which correspond to the complex number $a
