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Yes you have hit your limit in this particular area, but do not worry about it.

There is a saying that “A change of perspective is worth 80 IQ points.”, frequently attributed to Alan Kay.

In this particular case, you just need to look at 2D complex numbers, and what their multiplication looks like on a plane, and you will then have an intuitive understanding about i, as others have already pointed out.




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