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Complexes

Complexes
represents the domain of complex numbers, as in .

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  • evaluates immediately only if x is a numeric quantity.
  • Simplify[exprComplexes] can be used to try to determine whether an expression corresponds to a complex number.
  • The domain of real numbers is taken to be a subset of the domain of complex numbers.
  • Complexes is output in TraditionalForm as .

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is a complex number:

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Exponential of a complex number is a complex number:

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Find complex numbers that make an inequality well defined and True:

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Scope (2)Scope (2)

Properties & Relations (2)Properties & Relations (2)

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