David K Butler (Uni of Adel) on Nostr: I remember one of my lecturers citing this for why the complex numbers must be real. ...
I remember one of my lecturers citing this for why the complex numbers must be real. If you believe polynomials are a thing and you believe modular arithmetic in the polynomials is a thing, then you MUST believe the complex numbers are a thing.
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