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i realise that and in fact said so many times.
I realise also that you realise it, and that I said it so many times. You just don't seem to realise that the existence or rationality (your def) of something doesn't suddenly change when you call it a different way.
LATE ADDITION TO THIS PART: Or you actually realise it, but you saying so many times that they're also called "imaginary" tends to lead me to believe otherwise.
You don't have enough yet information to know that
In the way you explain it, I agree, but not fully. Here's how I think:
In the math you know, and the tutor wants you currently to know, complex numbers don't exist, and are completely illogical, simply because they are not a part of the math you know, or you tutor wants you to know. Sadly I know this behaviour all too well from my old teachers. They would tell you things like "i isn't logical" (altough I don't believe he literally would deny any possibility of i ever to be logical), just to save some confusion. Understandable, though, as the normal stuff is quite touch already (as you said 13 years in one semester is impressive).
Don't get me wrong, I think he did well to tell you you should forget about complex numbers, as you already indicated you have no interest in advance mathematics (and who would blame you?, I don't), but I think that he should only tell that when you specifically ask for it, just don't mention it where others are with too (or in case if it's a private tutor, it doesn't matter). My general policy of these thing is "If they're not interested in it, and it's not mandatory, tell them they should (for now) forget about it, if they're interested in it (or become interested in it, who can tell), thell them how it works, it really helps when they decide to do something specifically in that area later on. Never ever say that it cannot work, unless of course, it cannot ever work. Ever."
I hope you accept my excuse, as as you said, I wasn't provided with enough information to know this one. I also hope you find my opinion agreeable, that would relieve a lot of stress from this thread. But then, we and agreeing... In this type of discussions that seems to be sort of a paradox
I realise also that you realise it, and that I said it so many times. You just don't seem to realise that the existence or rationality (your def) of something doesn't suddenly change when you call it a different way.
LATE ADDITION TO THIS PART: Or you actually realise it, but you saying so many times that they're also called "imaginary" tends to lead me to believe otherwise.
You don't have enough yet information to know that
In the way you explain it, I agree, but not fully. Here's how I think:
In the math you know, and the tutor wants you currently to know, complex numbers don't exist, and are completely illogical, simply because they are not a part of the math you know, or you tutor wants you to know. Sadly I know this behaviour all too well from my old teachers. They would tell you things like "i isn't logical" (altough I don't believe he literally would deny any possibility of i ever to be logical), just to save some confusion. Understandable, though, as the normal stuff is quite touch already (as you said 13 years in one semester is impressive).
Don't get me wrong, I think he did well to tell you you should forget about complex numbers, as you already indicated you have no interest in advance mathematics (and who would blame you?, I don't), but I think that he should only tell that when you specifically ask for it, just don't mention it where others are with too (or in case if it's a private tutor, it doesn't matter). My general policy of these thing is "If they're not interested in it, and it's not mandatory, tell them they should (for now) forget about it, if they're interested in it (or become interested in it, who can tell), thell them how it works, it really helps when they decide to do something specifically in that area later on. Never ever say that it cannot work, unless of course, it cannot ever work. Ever."
I hope you accept my excuse, as as you said, I wasn't provided with enough information to know this one. I also hope you find my opinion agreeable, that would relieve a lot of stress from this thread. But then, we and agreeing... In this type of discussions that seems to be sort of a paradox
