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Happy Numbers
Talith (who got bored of being Caroo and thought new h2g2, new name) Started conversation Jan 23, 2001
My A'Level (up to age 18 for the non-British people out there) maths teacher always maintained that these shouldn't be called 'imaginary' or 'complex' numbers. He felt that was too threatening for us poor students. So he called them Happy Numbers instead. Much better 
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