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Name: Complex Numbers
ID: m15626
Language: English (en)
Summary: A Complex Number is any number that can be expressed in the form a + bi where a and b are real numbers. Complex numbers are not algebraic expressions, they are numbers that have a real part (a) and an imaginary part (bi). These tutorials cover the imaginary number i and how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide complex numbers.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords: algebra, coefficient, college-cram, complex conjugate, constant, like-terms, pre-calculus
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Rudy Lopes (rudyl@college-cram.com)
Copyright Holders: Rudy Lopes (rudyl@college-cram.com)
Maintainers: Rudy Lopes (rudyl@college-cram.com)
Latest version: 1.2 (history)
First publication date: Dec 15, 2007 1:33 pm US/Central
Last revision to module: Oct 17, 2009 9:22 am GMT-5

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Version: 1.3 Apr 8, 2010 2:46 pm GMT-5 by Rudy Lopes
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Version: 1.1 Dec 15, 2007 1:46 pm US/Central by Rudy Lopes
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