On 4/14/06, Carl D. Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, complex numbers are nothing more than 2-D vectors, but in the > real-imaginary plane rather than the x-y plane. In fact, when we use > complex numbers, we draw them in a plane indistinguishable from x-y > (real is x, imaginary is y). So I think that if guile has built-in > complex numbers, we certainly ought to use them.
The complex numbers form a field. The 2-D vectors don't. A complex number suggests that the real and imaginary components are of a different nature, whereas 2-D vectors are symmetrical in their components. Vectors could be implemented using complex numbers, but I think identifying them is ugly. David _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
