Topic 1 Notes Jeremy Orloff - MIT OpenCourseWare

Topic 1 Notes Jeremy Orloff 1 Complex algebra and the complex plane We will start with a review of the basic algebra and geometry of complex numbers. Most likely you have encountered this previously in 18.03 or elsewhere. 1.1 Motivation The equation 2 = −1 has no real solutions, yet we know that this equation arises naturally and we want to ... ................
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