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imaginary numbers to me are more real than real numbers, they are the numbers of geometry - i like them being first class numbers
by koolala 2y ago
imaginary numbers to me are more real than real numbers, they are the numbers of geometry - i like them being first class numbers
- nimih 2y agoPersonally, I've always found that the non-rigidity of the complex numbers (i.e. that when considered as a field, they admit a non-trivial automorphism), which requires the introduction of the Re and Im operators (i.e. projection back to the reals) to banish, to be strongly suggestive that the reals have a somehow more "real" ontological status.