👉 In mathematics, the concept of an imaginary number is often associated with the complex numbers. An imaginary number is a number that can be written in the form \(i^j\) where \(i\) is the imaginary unit and \(j\) is any real number. The term "original" refers to the original or first definition of an imaginary number, which was introduced by René Descartes in his work titled "La Géométrie." In this context, the concept of an imaginary