jennie300
Oct 23, 2007, 09:59 AM
Addition and multiplication of complex numbers??
asterisk_man
Oct 23, 2007, 10:12 AM
split the complex numbers into real and imaginary parts, perform the operation and then collect like terms.
addition (a+bi)+(c+di)=a+bi+c+di=(a+c)+(b+d)i
multiplication (a+bi)(c+di)=ac+adi+bci+bdi^2=(ac-bd)+(ad+bc)i
Make sense?