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April 3rd 2006, 05:16 PM
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Evidence that it can be logical in another system is the "a+bi" -> (a,b) example I gave a few posts above. In short, you can use complex numbers to describe a place in a 2D plane. In that case "a+bi" just means something like "go a steps to the east, then b steps to the north". You don't even have to use i*i = -1, but if you do, you can use it for coördinate systems transformation. For example, instead of "go 2 steps to the east, then 2 steps to the north", you might say "when facing east, turn 45 degrees counter-clockwise, then go sqrt(8) steps forward".

I fail to see the logic in your argument.