But... they aren't just 2D numbers. That would be vectors. Yes, they behave like...

dTal on Aug 11, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Visual, Intuitive Guide to Imaginary Numbers (20...

But... they aren't just 2D numbers. That would be vectors. Yes, they behave like vectors under addition, but they also have a ton of other behaviour that '2D numbers' doesn't help with at all, like what it means to raise a number to a complex power.