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==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
| + | * <math>\mathrm{Im}(3 + 4i) = 4</math> | ||
| − | * <math>\mathrm{Im}( | + | * <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}(4(\cos \frac \pi6 + i \sin \frac\pi 6)) | + | * <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}( | + | * <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>. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| + | * [[Real part]] | ||
| − | + | [[Category:Algebra]] | |
| + | [[Category:Complex numbers]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:56, 5 September 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 
.
. Note in particular that 
is not in general a 
for arbitrary complex numbers 
.
