The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoIt'll be ok. Nobody's going to judge you.imagemessage-square103linkfedilinkarrow-up1893arrow-down125
arrow-up1868arrow-down1imageIt'll be ok. Nobody's going to judge you.The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square103linkfedilink
minus-squarefeddylemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·14 days agoCarl Friedrich Gauss would agree with you on the naming. He thought the confusion/mistery around imaginary numbers was due to naming. He said +1, -1, and root(-1) should have been called direct, inverse, and lateral units.
minus-squareDaleGribble88@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·14 days agoLateral numbers is my preferred term
Carl Friedrich Gauss would agree with you on the naming. He thought the confusion/mistery around imaginary numbers was due to naming. He said +1, -1, and root(-1) should have been called direct, inverse, and lateral units.
Lateral numbers is my preferred term