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  • Oct 23, 2007, 09:59 AM
    jennie300
    Complex numbers
    Addition and multiplication of complex numbers??
  • Oct 23, 2007, 10:12 AM
    asterisk_man
    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?

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