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Stuff with boundary conditions is modeled by differential equations. Differential equations have wave-based solutions. Waves must be represented with 2 numbers, and one way to do this is to separate the “real” and “imaginary” components. If we treat these like (x,y) pairs, we can graph them on a plane just like any other pair of numbers. The set of all these complex numbers is denoted ℂ.
Royst is talking about a different (but similar?) class of equations which have solutions that require 4 numbers. To graph them, we’d need two simultaneous planes: ℂ×ℂ. So we’re out of luck unless we want to get cute with color.
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