Complex number
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complex-number-172-13513270
title:
Complex number
text:
In mathematics, a complex number is an element of a number system that extends the real numbers with a specific element denoted i, called the imaginary unit and satisfying the equation i 2 = − 1 ; every complex number can be expressed in the form a + b i, where a and b are real numbers. Because no real number satisfies the above equation, i was called an imaginary number by René Descartes. For the complex number a + b i, a is called the real part, and b is called the imaginary part. The set of c
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wiki
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Number with a real and an imaginary part
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_number
date created:
2001-11-18T22:01:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T23:07:49Z
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