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Re:The pi is a lie… Happy Half Tau Day! by foob on Monday March 14, 2011 @09:44PM (#2325441)
As a side note, to a physicist j = sqrt(-1) is also a conflict because we're used to i, j, and k being quaternions.
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Re:The pi is a lie… Happy Half Tau Day! by drbaskin on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @12:12AM (#2325896)
I'm confused by your statement -- in the quaternions, i, j, and k are all square roots of -1.
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