complex plane
noun
: a plane whose points are identified by means of complex numbers
especially
: argand diagram
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Figuring out where those zeros are located on the complex plane is one of the most interesting questions in mathematics.
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Jordana Cepelewicz, WIRED, 4 Aug. 2024
Points will bounce around the complex plane in certain ways.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
These copies fill the entire upper half of the complex plane.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
This was the name given to a particular kind of highly symmetric function — one that lives in a domain known as the upper half of the complex plane.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
The complex plane is a way of graphing complex numbers, which have two parts: real and imaginary.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
The result is a sequence of points that form elaborate fractal paths through the complex plane.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2022
The two dynamical systems generated points on the same actual space, the complex plane.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 Feb. 2021
The same process works in the complex plane for multiplication by a positive number: 3 times 2 + 2i = 6 + 6i.
—Quanta Magazine, 14 Feb. 2019
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Jordana Cepelewicz, WIRED, 4 Aug. 2024
Points will bounce around the complex plane in certain ways.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
These copies fill the entire upper half of the complex plane.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
This was the name given to a particular kind of highly symmetric function — one that lives in a domain known as the upper half of the complex plane.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
The complex plane is a way of graphing complex numbers, which have two parts: real and imaginary.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
The result is a sequence of points that form elaborate fractal paths through the complex plane.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2022
The two dynamical systems generated points on the same actual space, the complex plane.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 Feb. 2021
The same process works in the complex plane for multiplication by a positive number: 3 times 2 + 2i = 6 + 6i.
—Quanta Magazine, 14 Feb. 2019
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“Complex plane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complex%20plane. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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