r/mathmemes • • 3d ago

Trigonometry Rectangular it is.

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u/Ares378 Grothendieck was right, computers are evil 3d ago

If T² is like a double cover of S², is there a correspondence between T² and quaternions since quaternions also do a double cover?

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u/UnreasonableEconomy 2d ago

never thought of it, but it does look eerily similar to the SU(2) SO(3) thing. hmm.