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   Ludovic Archivist Lagouardette (archivist@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Monday, 11-May-2026 16:41:04 JST Ludovic Archivist Lagouardette

   One of my students pulled generalized complex number for doing a rotation in an exam. I am, on one side, greatly confused by how they got the idea. And on the other side deeply glad that someone found the rusty shank of mathematics hidden in the drawer

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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Monday, 11-May-2026 16:41:02 JST iced depresso

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     @Archivist we've known about quaternions for a while :blobcatlaugh:
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Monday, 11-May-2026 18:03:15 JST iced depresso

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     @Archivist :blobcatyandereknifehand: what are these runes
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     Ludovic Archivist Lagouardette (archivist@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Monday, 11-May-2026 18:03:16 JST Ludovic Archivist Lagouardette

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     • iced depresso

     @icedquinn Like, this was the space he used to solve the problem, which does work but also why???

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     Ludovic Archivist Lagouardette (archivist@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Monday, 11-May-2026 18:03:17 JST Ludovic Archivist Lagouardette

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     @icedquinn no I mean a product of complex and dual for rotation is usable but wtf