Complex Variables 1.

2 More Properties of Complex Numbers

DEFINITION
Two z, z*( z ) C are complex conjugates if

Re z Re z ; Im z Im z
Important identities:

( z ) z a ib
z z 2 Re z
z z 2i Im z
2

zz z a 2 b 2
Quotient C of a pair z 0, w C:

z=w

Case w = 1 ( z =1 ; = z-1 =1/z )

wz
z

1
z
2
z z
1

Complex Variables
One more time z = a+ib and w = c+id

w wz c id c id a ib ac bd
ad bc
2

i
z z
a ib a ib a ib a b 2
a 2 b2

1
z
a
b
2 2

i
z z
a b2
a 2 b2

General properties:

z1 z2 z1 z2
z1 z 2 z 2 z1 z1 z 2
z1 z1

z2 z2

z z
i

z z
i

Complex Variables
The Hamiltons formulation ( more on C R2 + i)
z a, b b, a
z w a, b c, d a c; b d

a, b c, d a c, b d
" i"

a, b c, d ac bd , ad bc
1 (1,0)
i (0, i )