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Although complex numbers are a major concept in mathematics, we don't actually have many articles about complex numbers themselves, so there isn't much to put in this portal. We do also have
Portal:Numbers, which is a better place to cover this given that basically all things called "numbers" are complex numbers. Hut 8.5 19:39, 23 March 2019 (UTC)reply
Delete - I am not sure that I understand the nominator's statement about things called numbers.
Surreal numbers are not
complex numbers.
Vectors and
quaternions are sometimes called numbers, although one could get an argument on them. However, there is no need for a portal with this narrow a scope. They are also a
datatype that is very seldom used in
FORTRAN (even before the introduction of more generalized datatypes).
Robert McClenon (
talk) 23:58, 23 March 2019 (UTC)reply
Sure, there are other things called "numbers" but they don't get that much attention. Quaternions for example were very interesting during the nineteenth century but don't get studied as much now. Hut 8.5 11:00, 24 March 2019 (UTC)reply
Delete. This technically meets the article number requirements but I don't believe it is a broad topic with sufficient reader interest. Mathematical topics in general are difficult in portals because they do not always lend themselves to attractive images that are understandable outside their context.
Espresso Addict (
talk) 00:20, 24 March 2019 (UTC)reply
Delete as a poor choice of topic
Legacypac (
talk) 02:06, 24 March 2019 (UTC)reply
Delete. Not a terrible choice for a topic, but a terrible implementation. Not mentioning
holomorphic functions (or any of the other reasons why people study use complex numbers) is inexcusable. —Kusma (
t·
c) 14:38, 24 March 2019 (UTC)reply
I think
Portal:Complex analysis would be better. We do have
Portal:Analysis but that portal seems rather confused about what kind of analysis it's talking about. Hut 8.5 14:53, 24 March 2019 (UTC)reply
Yes, that is a better scope. —Kusma (
t·
c) 16:59, 24 March 2019 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
Although complex numbers are a major concept in mathematics, we don't actually have many articles about complex numbers themselves, so there isn't much to put in this portal. We do also have
Portal:Numbers, which is a better place to cover this given that basically all things called "numbers" are complex numbers. Hut 8.5 19:39, 23 March 2019 (UTC)reply
Delete - I am not sure that I understand the nominator's statement about things called numbers.
Surreal numbers are not
complex numbers.
Vectors and
quaternions are sometimes called numbers, although one could get an argument on them. However, there is no need for a portal with this narrow a scope. They are also a
datatype that is very seldom used in
FORTRAN (even before the introduction of more generalized datatypes).
Robert McClenon (
talk) 23:58, 23 March 2019 (UTC)reply
Sure, there are other things called "numbers" but they don't get that much attention. Quaternions for example were very interesting during the nineteenth century but don't get studied as much now. Hut 8.5 11:00, 24 March 2019 (UTC)reply
Delete. This technically meets the article number requirements but I don't believe it is a broad topic with sufficient reader interest. Mathematical topics in general are difficult in portals because they do not always lend themselves to attractive images that are understandable outside their context.
Espresso Addict (
talk) 00:20, 24 March 2019 (UTC)reply
Delete as a poor choice of topic
Legacypac (
talk) 02:06, 24 March 2019 (UTC)reply
Delete. Not a terrible choice for a topic, but a terrible implementation. Not mentioning
holomorphic functions (or any of the other reasons why people study use complex numbers) is inexcusable. —Kusma (
t·
c) 14:38, 24 March 2019 (UTC)reply
I think
Portal:Complex analysis would be better. We do have
Portal:Analysis but that portal seems rather confused about what kind of analysis it's talking about. Hut 8.5 14:53, 24 March 2019 (UTC)reply
Yes, that is a better scope. —Kusma (
t·
c) 16:59, 24 March 2019 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's
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