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		math33 on Sept 21, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What are imaginary numbers? Isn't 4 rotations 4i? Why is it i^4

Evbn on Sept 21, 2012 | [–]

Rotation is multiplication. Translation is addition.

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