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==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
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* <math>\mathrm{Im}(3 + 4i) = 4</math> | * <math>\mathrm{Im}(3 + 4i) = 4</math> | ||
− | * <math>\mathrm{Im}(4(\cos \frac \pi6 + i \sin \frac\pi 6)) = 4 \sin \frac \pi 6 = 2</math> | + | * <math>\mathrm{Im}\left(4\left(\cos \frac \pi6 + i \sin \frac\pi 6\right)\right) = 4 \sin \frac \pi 6 = 2</math> |
− | * <math>\mathrm{Im}(4e^{\frac {\pi i}6}) = \mathrm{Im}(4(\cos \frac \pi6 + i \sin \frac\pi 6)) = 2</math> | + | * <math>\mathrm{Im}\left(4e^{\frac {\pi i}6}\right) = \mathrm{Im}\left(4\left(\cos \frac \pi6 + i \sin \frac\pi 6\right)\right) = 2</math> |
* <math>\mathrm{Im}((1 + i)\cdot(2 + i)) = \mathrm{Im}(1 + 3i) = 3</math>. Note in particular that <math>\mathrm Im</math> is ''not'' in general a [[multiplicative function]], <math>\mathrm{Im}(w\cdot z) \neq \mathrm{Im}(w) \cdot \mathrm{Im}(z)</math> for arbitrary complex numbers <math>w, z</math>. | * <math>\mathrm{Im}((1 + i)\cdot(2 + i)) = \mathrm{Im}(1 + 3i) = 3</math>. Note in particular that <math>\mathrm Im</math> is ''not'' in general a [[multiplicative function]], <math>\mathrm{Im}(w\cdot z) \neq \mathrm{Im}(w) \cdot \mathrm{Im}(z)</math> for arbitrary complex numbers <math>w, z</math>. | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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* [[Real part]] | * [[Real part]] | ||
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[[Category:Algebra]] | [[Category:Algebra]] |
Revision as of 22:08, 27 April 2008
Any complex number can be written in the form
where
is the imaginary unit and
and
are real numbers. Then the imaginary part of
, usually denoted
or
, is just the value
. Note in particular that the imaginary part of every complex number is real.
Geometrically, if a complex number is plotted in the complex plane, its imaginary part is its -coordinate (ordinate).
A complex number is real exactly when
.
The function can also be defined in terms of the complex conjugate
of
:
. (Recall that if
,
).
Examples
. Note in particular that
is not in general a multiplicative function,
for arbitrary complex numbers
.