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complex number popup tools - WWW Interactive Server
arithmetic, modulus, argument, roots

Plane Graphic Calculator - J.E.Lillge
This java calculator can plot the graphs of real functions and parametrically-defined functions. It also supports vectors and complex numbers. (version of calculator stored on this site)

Plane Graphic Calculator - Complex Geometry Gallery - J.E.Lillge

John and Betty's journey through complex numbers
comprehensive introduction to complex numbers in the form of a childrens' book

Do "imaginary numbers" really exist? - Philip Spencer

complex number arithmetic

complex plane - Terence Tao
Place a complex number on the complex plane and test your knowledge of complex number arithmetic.

modulus of a complex number - ExploreMath
Manipulate a complex number z and examine its absolute value |z|. Use a ruler and Pythagoras' theorem to determine |z|.

polar form - ExploreMath
Experiment with complex numbers in polar form.

conjugate
relationships between a complex number and its conjugate

geometric representation of 1/z

complex shoot
You are shown a complex number z on the complex plane. Your task is to click (shoot) at the point representing the value of the complex number w (w is given as a formula in z).

OEF complex
27 exercises on complex numbers

complex maps - Terence Tao
Investigate the functions:
f(z) = z, z+i, 2z, -z, iz, (1+i)z, z2, 1/z, Re(z), x+2iy, zbar (conjugate), 9/zbar, exp(z), exp(1/z).

transformations - R.F.Barrow
Investigate transformations of circles under the functions:
f(z) = zbar (conjugate), sin(z), cos(z), exp(z), 1/z, z+1/z

transformation w = z + 1/z

graphic complex inequalities
The exercises either plot a region and ask you to recognise the corresponding inequality or give an inequality and ask you to recognize the region it describes.

powers
Explore the graphical representation of z, z^1, z^2, ...

multi-valued complex maps - Terence Tao
Investigate the functions:
f(z) = z^(1/2), z^(1/3), z^(1/4), z^(1/5), z^(1/6)

SQRT shoot
You are shown a complex number z on the complex plane. Your task is to click (shoot) at the points representing the (square, cubic, quartic, or quintic) roots of z.

polynomial sweep
Illustrate the relation between the coefficients of a polynomial and its geometric properties (graph and roots).

coincidence polyroots
A picture of the complex plane is given with a certain number of marked points. Your task is to find a polynomial having the marked points as roots. You can try several times and your best reply will be taken into account to compute a score.

Dave's Short Course on Complex Numbers - David Joyce
introduction to complex numbers (works best with Internet Explorer)

biographies - MacTutor History Archive

Quadratic, cubic and quartic equations - MacTutor History Archive

Fundamental theorem of algebra - MacTutor History Archive

solution of cubic equations - SOS Mathematics

x^z - sci.math FAQ
giving meaning to x^z where x is real and z is complex

(a+bi)^(a+bi)
Investigate z^z, z^(z^z), z^(z^(z^z)), ...

Introduction to complex numbers - MATH-abundance

Difference Equations to Differential Equations - Dan Sloughter
The Complex Plane - notes by Don Sloughter (pdf files)

Complex Analysis - George Cain
textbook for an introductory undergraduate course in complex analysis (pdf files)

Complex Analysis - Paul Scott
notes and interactive quizzes

Newton Basins