Can we adequately explain complex phenomenon through a

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12 Mar 2012, 7:01 am

single number?

We can take mathematical constants like pi and e but those are so elementary that their just 2d shapes on graphs.


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12 Mar 2012, 7:11 am

DuneyBlues wrote:
single number?

We can take mathematical constants like pi and e but those are so elementary that their just 2d shapes on graphs.


Vectors require at least two quantities: length and direction (they are independent).

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12 Mar 2012, 7:24 am

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