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Post #2347959

2026-04-06 19:01 UTC

Defining (or explaining) complex numbers from "i = √-1" is cryptic in extreme. Defining them via geometry-as-algebra and 2D rotations, with the above as a simple *consequence*, recruits our intuitions and generalises well. Magic!

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