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Why are complex numbers not called duonions then?

• OscarCunningham 8y ago
  And why are the real numbers not called "onions"?
  • amw 8y ago
    I went upstairs to find the machine where I was already logged in so I could hunt down and upvote this comment.
  • kibwen 8y ago
    Obviously due to potential confusion with the zero-dimensional numbering system, "0nions".
    • dahart 8y ago
      Hehe, well we could have unions & oneions. For some reason as I'm reading about octonions, I keep picturing 8-cloved garlic.
• wolfgke 8y ago
  > Why are complex numbers not called duonions then? Why are pairs not commonly called duples?