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Seeing Circles, Sines, and Signals

17 pointsby 1d agojackschaedler.github.io
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21h agoHN ↗

In the Figure 1, I expect the smallest circle to draw the figure.

2h agoHN ↗

Imagine a civilization that discovers complex numbers before naturals, with naturals showing up to count the turns.

If hexagons can claim to be bestagons complex numbers have a legit claim at best numbers.

1h agoHN ↗

A huge amount of math unlocked the minute mathematicians started taking complex numbers seriously. Ideally they would be an earlier discovery, I agree!