On 5/7/2012 14:09, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> Question: Why can't you extend the complex numbers to 3D space?

Someone also figured out that you can do probability with 1D numbers and 2D 
numbers, but not any higher dimensions. The speculation is that's why 
quantum effects have the same math as waves and not something either "common 
sense" or more baroque than they are.

I.e., you can do math on "the probability that X happens given that Y 
happens" and deal with "and" and "or" and Bayesian probabilities, using 
either real numbers or complex numbers, but not 3D numbers.

I don't understand the proof myself, but so I'm told.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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