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From: OsherD on 1 May 2010 18:38
From Osher Doctorow

In the equation:

1) x = [1 +/- sqrt(3) i ]/2

we may regard the whole equation as the Probable Causation/Influence
(PI) analog of a Lagrangean in Quantum Field Theory. Recall that in
QFT Lagrangeans, we "read off" the particle content from the various
terms and factors. Similarly in (1), we read off the Interaction
types or characteristics.

The question is, then, what is i in (1) as an Interaction
characteristic? By comparing it with the other quantities and
operations in the equation, it appears to indicate a different phase
(in the sense of liquid, solid, gas, plasma, liquid crystal, etc.)
that separates quarks and the Strong Interaction from other types,
arguably related to the elastic medium already discussed. The other
interactions are also separated by what are arguably phase indicating
different operations (+/-, division), although of a different "common"
type from i.

We are still left with the interpretation of sqrt in sqrt(3) in
physical terms.

Osher Doctorow
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