Re: history of imaginary numbers

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Hi Robert,

Is the Reimannian surface related to tensors and curved space?  I'm wanting
to learn more about this.  Contact me offline if you want.

Gerry R

 > Original poster: "Robert Jones" <alwynj48-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 > Also let me notice that we can not place the all complex numbers on the
one
 > flat plate: many of them require so-called Reimannian surfaces that can be
 > imagined as a set of plates that are glued with each other along some
 > lines. The theory of complex numbers and functions is much, much more
 > complicated and fascinating that the theory of real numbers...