Where Is The Complex Plane?

Where Is The Complex Plane?
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The eternal struggle of finding complex numbers in the wild! These four brave mathematicians are desperately searching for the complex plane—you know, that mythical realm where i = √(-1) lives. The complex plane exists perpendicular to the real number line, but good luck explaining that to your brain that evolved to hunt mammoths, not imaginary numbers.

Each panel shows a different search strategy: map consultation (classic), business casual reconnaissance, binocular surveillance, and the advanced "climb a ladder into the sky" technique. Still can't find it though, because turns out abstract mathematical constructs don't actually exist in physical space. Who knew?!

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