| Name: | Complex Numbers |
| ID: | m0081 |
| Language: | English (en) |
| Summary: | An introduction to complex numbers. |
| Subject: | Mathematics and Statistics |
| Keywords: | angle of complex number, Cartesian form, complex number, imaginary number, imaginary part, magnitude of complex number, polar form |
| Document Type: | -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN |
| License: | Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0) |
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| Authors: | Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu) |
| Copyright Holders: | Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu) |
| Maintainers: | Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu), Joe Montgomery (montgom@rice.edu), John Cottrell (jac3@rice.edu) |
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| Version: | 2.27 (history) |
| Created: | Aug 2, 2000 12:00 am GMT-5 |
| Revised: | Aug 9, 2008 6:22 pm GMT-5 |
| Version: | 2.27 Aug 9, 2008 6:22 pm GMT-5 by Don Johnson |
| Changes: | Improved the presentation of complex division. |
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| Version: | 2.26 Aug 8, 2008 3:01 pm GMT-5 by Don Johnson |
| Changes: | Changed the prose concerning j. |
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| Version: | 2.25 Aug 2, 2008 11:40 am GMT-5 by Don Johnson |
| Changes: | Added a beginning segue. |
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| Version: | 2.24 Jul 30, 2008 5:30 pm GMT-5 by Don Johnson |
| Changes: | Rearranged groups of equations into tables. |
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| Version: | 2.23 Jul 28, 2008 4:02 pm GMT-5 by Don Johnson |
| Changes: | Fixed a minor spelling error. |
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| Version: | 2.22 Aug 9, 2007 9:39 am GMT-5 by Don Johnson |
| Changes: | Rewrote the entire module to improve the presentation and added more problems. |
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| Version: | 2.21 Jun 3, 2007 11:17 pm GMT-5 by Don Johnson |
| Changes: | Fixed a minor formatting problem. |
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| Version: | 2.20 Apr 12, 2005 4:32 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom |
| Changes: | update to cnxml-0.5, fix typos, update mathml |
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| Version: | 2.19 Aug 26, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | Fixed error: hd i^3=-1 and correct to be i^3=-i. |
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| Version: | 2.18 Aug 17, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | Reordered a math display. |
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| Version: | 2.17 Aug 13, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | Upgraded to 0.4. |
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| Version: | 2.16 Aug 5, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | Fixed minor typos. |
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| Version: | 2.15 May 28, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | Added link to the complex plane. |
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| Version: | 2.14 Apr 19, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | changed a lot of presentation math to content, js to imaginaryi, superscript * to conjugate etc |
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| Version: | 2.13 Sep 11, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by Brent Hendricks |
| Changes: | Converted to CNXML 0.3.5 |
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| Version: | 2.12 Aug 27, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | - added missing exercise at the end |
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| Version: | 2.11 Aug 24, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | Changed all the subscript errors. -erin |
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| Version: | 2.10 Aug 24, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | i changed an equation so it would be right. -erin |
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| Version: | 2.9 Aug 24, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | Changed keywords. |
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| Version: | 2.8 Aug 23, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | no changes |
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| Version: | 2.7 Aug 23, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | I changed the math for real and imaginary numbers so they are actually recognized as entities. |
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| Version: | 2.6 Aug 22, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | correcting some math errors. |
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| Version: | 2.5 Jul 17, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | added keywords made John Cottrell a maintainer fixed minor errors |
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| Version: | 2.4 Jun 5, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | Fixed emphasis, added an abstract, fixed the display of some equations. |
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| Version: | 2.3 Jun 4, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | Upgraded to cnxml version 0.3 |
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| Version: | 2.2 May 30, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | Just getting rid of the "C" |
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| Version: | 2.1 May 29, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown) |
| Changes: | Upgraded to cnxml version 0.3 |
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| Version: | 2.0 Aug 17, 2000 12:00 am GMT-5 by Brent Hendricks |
| Changes: | Bumped version to 2.0 |
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