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kqr on July 21, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: What is the significance of the character "j" at t...

Here I was hoping it was indicating a complex number, since i was already taken.

...on that note, how would one write complex numbers in Roman numerals, now that both i and j are taken?

neutronicus on July 21, 2024 | [–]

Not a notational consideration that occurred to the Romans

layer8 on July 21, 2024 | [–]

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