Again, the LST community has no concept of scalar motion, but the mathematics community has an important concept that is similar. This mathematical concept is called the operational interpretation of number, and it refers to the value of a number that is found in its relationship to another number. Thus, the value of an operationally interpreted rational number, such as 1/2 is interpreted as -1, as opposed to the value of the operationally interpreted rational number, 2/1, which is interpreted as +1.
This is nothing more than the ancient concept of "balance" used in trade and financing. A negative balance is the opposite "direction" of a positive balance, and a zero balance is achieved when negative magnitudes are balanced by positive magnitudes, as when the weight on one side of a pan balance is equal to the weight on the other side. Hence, the balance of operationally interpreted rational numbers, as in
1/2 = 2/1 = 1,
is the same, in the absolute sense, as
|-1| = |+1| = 1
in the quantitative interpreation of integers.
However, in the LST community, the operational interpretation of rational numbers, and their scalar "direction" property, has been disregarded in favor of the direction propety of vectors, achieved through the use of imaginary numbers. This is understandable, given that the LST is a vector based system, but the importance of operationally interpreted rational numbers to the scalar based RST is obvious.
This is nothing more than the ancient concept of "balance" used in trade and financing. A negative balance is the opposite "direction" of a positive balance, and a zero balance is achieved when negative magnitudes are balanced by positive magnitudes, as when the weight on one side of a pan balance is equal to the weight on the other side. Hence, the balance of operationally interpreted rational numbers, as in
1/2 = 2/1 = 1,
is the same, in the absolute sense, as
|-1| = |+1| = 1
in the quantitative interpreation of integers.
However, in the LST community, the operational interpretation of rational numbers, and their scalar "direction" property, has been disregarded in favor of the direction propety of vectors, achieved through the use of imaginary numbers. This is understandable, given that the LST is a vector based system, but the importance of operationally interpreted rational numbers to the scalar based RST is obvious.