Meaning of " 0. I " ?

June 12 2011 by ToffeeC -5
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Hi all. This is porbably a very elementary question. Maple outputs something of the form  " X +  0. I" after a computation, where X is a number. I'm confused as to what 0. I is. My first thought is that it's 0.1 * I, but then squaring X +  0. I  gives back X^2 + 0. I instead of the expected X^2 - 0. 01 + 0.2 X I. Could someone explain to me what Maple means by that? Thanks!

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