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Re:Prime Number Spiral by jerf on Sunday January 01, 2017 @07:03PM (#13298155)
In high school, I created the number b, whose absolute value is zero. I discovered the following additional interesting facts about it: ∅
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Re:Prime Number Spiral by dnautics on Sunday January 01, 2017 @10:45PM (#13298897)
You didn't try hard enough. Dual numbers are extremely useful. You can use them to calculate derivatives easily. I'm thinking about making a video demonstrating how these numbers can accelerate machine learning.
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Re:Prime Number Spiral by jwmerrill on Sunday January 01, 2017 @08:48PM (#13298546)
You (re)discovered dual numbers!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_number

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Re:Prime Number Spiral by jacoblambda on Monday January 02, 2017 @01:10AM (#13299403)
Non mobile link for the lazy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_number

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