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kaibeeyesterday at 4:23 PM2 repliesview on HN

ijk are standard in linear algebra for vector components.

> (And i and j? Which look so similar at a glance? Never. Never!)

This I agree with.


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eimrineyesterday at 7:23 PM

What if not ijk? I know only uvw.

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zeckalphayesterday at 10:55 PM

i came from imaginary numbers which were extended to make quaternions.

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