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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 10 months ago (24 children)

Lmao not gonna lie, this would be a very intuitive way of teaching a kid negative values.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (23 children)

How is multiplying akin to rotating?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

(-1)*(-1) = e^iπ^*e^iπ^ = e^i2π^ = 1

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

We're looking for ELI5, not ELImathematician

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lol, yeah good luck explaining 'e' to a child who doesn't understand basic multiplication.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Idk how they do it these days, but when I was a kid we learned the alphabet several years before multiplication. /j

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