At 17:35 +0100 1/9/07, TSa wrote: >May I use this to remind the list that I proposed to define the modulus in the >most algebraically pleasing way, i.e. in the Euclidean definition. >(See http://www.cs.uu.nl/~daan/download/papers/divmodnote-letter.pdf) >E.g. this modulus is also defined for Complex numbers.
That is well worth reading from this physicist's point of view. 2001 is well before I found you guise. Integer part of a complex number tells which integral-radius annulus it's in. An interesting and likely useful concept. -- --> If it's not on fire it's a software problem. <--