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> Complex numbers are just vectors with special behavior for some operations, right? Decades since I took Complex Analysis, but: Not if you care about poles,
by a9h74j 5y ago
> Complex numbers are just vectors with special behavior for some operations, right?
Decades since I took Complex Analysis, but:
Not if you care about poles, zeros, residuals, cuts, conformal mappings, multiple layers of some sort overlaying the same point on the complex plane.
It goes way beyond "declaring two variables" vs. "declaring a struct containing two variables." Not just a representation issue.
- a9h74j 5y agoEDIT: To add a simple analogy: Is a parabola only x^2 -- just another polynominal -- or is a parabola a conic section first and foremost? polynominal in x == "flatland" view