Ad4mWayn3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 27 days agoWhat is your favorite math constant that is NOT a real number?message-squaremessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down13
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite math constant that is NOT a real number?Ad4mWayn3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 27 days agomessage-square37linkfedilink
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·27 days agoε, the base of the dual numbers. It’s a nonzero hypercomplex number that squares to zero, enabling automatic differentiation.
minus-squarenovember@lemmy.vglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoComplex numbers 🤝 Split-complex numbers 🤝 Dual numbers All super rad.
ε, the base of the dual numbers.
It’s a nonzero hypercomplex number that squares to zero, enabling automatic differentiation.
Complex numbers 🤝 Split-complex numbers 🤝 Dual numbers
All super rad.