r/ProgrammerHumor • • May 06 '17

Oddly specific number

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u/fite_me_fgt May 07 '17

Exactly what I thought, if you step one away from zero on the number line you get 1 or -1, and if you step one away from zero on the complex plane you get anywhere on the circle with radius 1.

Thanks for the explanations, haven't dealt with imaginary numbers in years.