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. 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

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of complex plane was circa 1909

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“Complex plane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complex%20plane. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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