My only take on high school math is fuck trigonometry — people who get to complex numbers can treat all of trig as a mildly interesting corollary, essentially no one else needs to know it.
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Replying to @macrocephalopod
It's cool that trig introduces the sine function in the context of geometry, which later shows up in things like harmonic analysis and Fast Fourier Transforms.
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Replying to @NathanShewmake3
Harmonic analysis and FFTs, two topics that are much easier to understand when expressed using complex numbers instead of trig functions.
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Replying to @macrocephalopod
I just think it's cool to see how seemingly unrelated topics are related through math.
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My point is that they only seem unrelated because trig is taught (a) way too early and (b) badly. Teach it later and better and the topics would be obviously related, creating greater insight as a result.
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