3 ms·
A complex number contains two components: a real number and a complex part which is a coefficient multiplied by sqrt(-1). Quaternions have four components [0].
by mleonhard 5y ago
A complex number contains two components: a real number and a complex part which is a coefficient multiplied by sqrt(-1).
Quaternions have four components [0].
Has anyone discovered a kind of number that contains three components?
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion
- programmer_dude 5y agoThere is no reason why you'd have to restrict yourself to just three components. Data-science regularly uses "numbers" with more than 1000 components.
- mxkopy 5y agoThe best computations are in powers of 2 [citation needed].