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You are mixing up definitions and names. Do complex numbers have anything to do with complexity?
by heavenlyblue 6y ago
You are mixing up definitions and names.
Do complex numbers have anything to do with complexity?
- ska 6y agoI'm not quite sure where this comment comes from - what I am saying has nothing to do with the names; I use the conventional names for the natural reasons. Perhaps you meant the potential ambiguity of terms? I agree there are sometimes unfortunate consequences of transliterating mathematical terms (e.g. "field", "smooth", "increasing") this potential for confusion with a lay audience (cf the famous (true?) story of a senator objecting the funding of "complex" analysis - was this your reference?). However, the alternative is worse, and peppers any conversation with intractable jargon.