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I kinda think of them as 'orthogonal' numbers.

• carlmr 5y ago
  That I think is the best alternative name I've heard yet. Since you describe two orthogonal dimensions. Also vector numbers could be somewhat of a useful name, since they behave like a 2D vector (or even higher dimensional vectors for e.g. quaternions)
  • ogogmad 5y ago
    "Vector numbers" for something purely 2D seems dodgy to me. There are lots of unital algebras, even in 2 and 4 dimensions, and none of them should hog the name "vector numbers" as they all have equal entitlement to the name.
• abecedarius 5y ago
  they'll always be twirly numbers to me