The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIt'll be ok. Nobody's going to judge you.media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1889
arrow-up1889imageIt'll be ok. Nobody's going to judge you.media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squarefeddylemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 month 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-up9·1 month 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