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Sum, Difference and Product of Complex Numbers

If $ c_1 = a +ib $ and $ c_2 = a' +ib' $ then the sum of $ c_1 $ and $ c_2 $ is


\begin{displaymath}c_1 + c_2 = ( a+ a') + i( b + b') \end{displaymath}

and their difference is


\begin{displaymath}c_1 - c_2 = ( a- a') + i( b - b') \end{displaymath}

.

The product of $ c_1 $ and $ c_2 $ is


\begin{displaymath}c_1 c_2 = (a +ib ) (a' +ib') = (aa' -bb')+ i( ab' + a'b) \end{displaymath}



Ali A. Daddel 2004-06-08