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The \spadtype{Complex} constructor implements complex objects over a
commutative ring \spad{R}.
Typically, the ring \spad{R} is \spadtype{Integer}, \spadtype{Fraction
Integer}, \spadtype{Float} or \spadtype{DoubleFloat}.
\spad{R} can also be a symbolic type, like \spadtype{Polynomial Integer}.
For more information about the numerical and graphical aspects of complex
numbers, see \downlink{``\ugProblemNumericTitle''}{ugProblemNumericPage} in Section \ugProblemNumericNumber\ignore{ugProblemNumeric}.

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Complex objects are created by the \spadfunFrom{complex}{Complex} operation.
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\spadpaste{a := complex(4/3,5/2) \bound{a}}
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\spadpaste{b := complex(4/3,-5/2) \bound{b}}
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The standard arithmetic operations are available.
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\spadpaste{a + b \free{a b}}
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\spadpaste{a - b \free{a b}}
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\spadpaste{a * b \free{a b}}
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If \spad{R} is a field, you can also divide the complex objects.
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\spadpaste{a / b \free{a b}\bound{adb}}
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Use a conversion (\downlink{``\ugTypesConvertTitle''}{ugTypesConvertPage} in Section \ugTypesConvertNumber\ignore{ugTypesConvert}) to view the last
object as a fraction of complex integers.
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\spadpaste{\% :: Fraction Complex Integer \free{adb}}
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The predefined macro \spad{\%i} is defined to be \spad{complex(0,1)}.
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\spadpaste{3.4 + 6.7 * \%i}
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You can also compute the \spadfunFrom{conjugate}{Complex} and
\spadfunFrom{norm}{Complex} of a complex number.
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\spadpaste{conjugate a \free{a}}
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\spadpaste{norm a \free{a}}
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The \spadfunFrom{real}{Complex} and \spadfunFrom{imag}{Complex} operations
are provided to extract the real and imaginary parts, respectively.
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\spadpaste{real a \free{a}}
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\spadpaste{imag a \free{a}}
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The domain \spadtype{Complex Integer} is also called the Gaussian
integers.
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If \spad{R} is the integers (or, more generally,
a \spadtype{EuclideanDomain}), you can compute greatest common divisors.
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\spadpaste{gcd(13 - 13*\%i,31 + 27*\%i)}
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You can also compute least common multiples.
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\spadpaste{lcm(13 - 13*\%i,31 + 27*\%i)}
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You can \spadfunFrom{factor}{Complex} Gaussian integers.
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\spadpaste{factor(13 - 13*\%i)}
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\spadpaste{factor complex(2,0)}
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