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Complex Numbers

You can enter complex numbers in Mathematica just by including the constant I, equal to . Make sure that you type a capital I.
If you are using notebooks, you can also enter I as by typing Esc ii Esc (see "Mathematical Notation in Notebooks: Numerical Calculations"). The form is normally what is used in output. Note that an ordinary i means a variable named i, not .
This gives the imaginary number result 2i.
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This gives the ratio of two complex numbers.
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Here is the numerical value of a complex exponential.
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x+I ythe complex number x+i y
Re[z]real part
Im[z]imaginary part
Conjugate[z]complex conjugate z* or
Abs[z]absolute value z
Arg[z]the argument in zei

Complex number operations.

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