All numbers are imaginary. sqrt(-1) should have been called w, for "weird". | Hacker News

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		Anarch157a on Aug 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A wonderful coincidence or an expected connection:... All numbers are imaginary. sqrt(-1) should have been called w, for "weird".

syockit on Aug 10, 2024 [–]

I use w for the complex roots of 1 though, when rewriting FFT notes.

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