Do we really need West and South when we can use negative North and negative East?

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    We could use one, and assume we’re operating in the field of complex numbers:

    1 N = North
    i N = West
    i2 N = South
    i3 N = East.

    And we could use the complex modulus to indicate distance or speed… or we could map the Riemann sphere onto the surface of the earth and use a single complex number to indicate location.