Doc: improve description of geometric multiplication/division.
authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 01:32:38 +0000 (21:32 -0400)
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 01:32:46 +0000 (21:32 -0400)
commit1cc34640cabcb32b4f062673cce1d6b1819d492d
tree84b5a660f370c92dca5a00234b1b5885af977ed6
parent48107e396f75ea65192153707a8c476f66b59061
Doc: improve description of geometric multiplication/division.

David Johnston reminded me that the per-point calculations being done
by these operators are equivalent to complex multiplication/division.
(Once I would've recognized that immediately, but it's been too long
since I did any of that sort of math.)

Also put in a footnote mentioning that "rotation" of a box doesn't do
what you might expect, as I'd griped about in the referenced thread.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/158110996889.1089.4224139874633222837@wrigleys.postgresql.org
doc/src/sgml/func.sgml