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A complex conjugate is formed by flipping the sign of the imaginary part of a complex number while keeping the real part unchanged. This operation is useful in mathematics and engineering because multiplying a complex number by its conjugate eliminates the imaginary part, producing a real number.
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- Instance of
- unary operation
- Subclass of
- complex number
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- different from
- conjugate
- Commons category
- Complex conjugation
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