Can a set containing $0$ be purely imaginary?

A purely imaginary number is one which contains no non-zero real component.

If I had a sequence of numbers, say $\{0+20i, 0-i, 0+0i\}$, could I call this purely imaginary?

My issue here is that because $0+0i$ belongs to multiple sets, not just purely imaginary, is there not a valid case to say that the sequence isn't purely imaginary?


Solution 1:

A complex number is said to be purely imaginary if it's real part is zero. Zero is purely imaginary, as it's real part is zero.

Solution 2:

0 is both purely real and purely imaginary. The given set is purely imaginary. That's not a contradiction since "purely real" and "purely imaginary" are not fully incompatible. Somewhat similarly baffling is that "all members of X are even integers" and "all members of X are odd integers" is not a contradiction. It just means that X is an empty set.