POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Complex numbers : Re: Complex numbers Server Time
29 Jul 2024 04:23:07 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Complex numbers  
From: Le Forgeron
Date: 8 May 2012 03:29:43
Message: <4fa8cb67$1@news.povray.org>
Le 08/05/2012 03:53, Darren New nous fit lire :
> Someone also figured out that you can do probability with 1D numbers and
> 2D numbers, but not any higher dimensions.

Are you talking about random movement having a non-null (aka about 100%)
probability of returning to your starting point (sort of) ?

In 1D (moving along a line), with whatever balanced distribution, it
seems rather obvious.

In 2D (moving in a plane), it's less obvious but you will cross your
previous path at a moment or another.

but once in 3D, you're lost and would quasi-never cross any points from
your previous path.


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