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Re:Learning to Love Complex Numbers by j2kun on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @09:15AM (#7804253)
I would argue that very few people understand the reals any better than they understand the complex numbers, though they think they do.
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Re:Learning to Love Complex Numbers by pavelrub on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @08:12PM (#7807682)
The lack of knowledge people have regarding the reals is different in kind from the confusion surrounding complex numbers, and has nothing to do with what is being discussed.
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