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Abel's theorem in problems and solutions - School of Mathematics

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The complex numbers 53<br />

For complex numbers <strong>of</strong> type where is any real number, formulae<br />

(2.2) <strong>and</strong> (2.3) give<br />

Consequently if one associates to every complex number <strong>of</strong> type<br />

the real number then to the operations on numbers <strong>of</strong> type there<br />

correspond the usual operations on real numbers. Therefore we simply<br />

identify the complex number with the real number <strong>and</strong> we say<br />

that the field <strong>of</strong> complex numbers conta<strong>in</strong>s the field <strong>of</strong> real numbers 2 .<br />

The complex number (0, 1) is not real (under our def<strong>in</strong>ition) <strong>and</strong> we<br />

will denote it by S<strong>in</strong>ce the field <strong>of</strong> complex numbers conta<strong>in</strong>s<br />

all real numbers <strong>and</strong> the number it also conta<strong>in</strong>s all numbers <strong>of</strong> the<br />

form <strong>and</strong> where <strong>and</strong> are any two real numbers <strong>and</strong> the<br />

operations <strong>of</strong> addition <strong>and</strong> multiplication are extended to operations on<br />

complex numbers.<br />

206. Let be a complex number. Prove that<br />

From the result <strong>of</strong> Problem 206 we obviously obta<strong>in</strong> that<br />

if <strong>and</strong> only if <strong>and</strong><br />

As a consequence every complex number can be represented <strong>in</strong> a<br />

unique way <strong>in</strong> the form where <strong>and</strong> are two real numbers.<br />

If then, follow<strong>in</strong>g tradition, is called the real part <strong>of</strong> the complex<br />

number, the imag<strong>in</strong>ary part, <strong>and</strong> the coefficient <strong>of</strong> the imag<strong>in</strong>ary<br />

part.<br />

The representation <strong>of</strong> a complex number <strong>in</strong> the form is<br />

called the algebraic representation <strong>of</strong><br />

For the complex numbers <strong>in</strong> algebraic representation formulae (2.2)<br />

<strong>and</strong> (2.3) read:<br />

207. Solve the equation (i.e., f<strong>in</strong>d the formula for the difference)<br />

2 In an analogous way, for example, one identifies the rational with the <strong>in</strong>teger

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