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complex variable

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noun

Mathematics.
  1. a variable to which complex numbers may be assigned as value.


Etymology

Origin of complex variable

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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Consider the polynomial z2, where is the complex variable x+iy.

From Scientific American • Sep. 26, 2012

The advances add one more complex variable to the equation of mutual deterrence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Monogenic Functions.—This suggests an entirely different way of formulating the fundamental parts of the theory of functions of a complex variable, which appears to be preferable to that so far followed here.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

A particular case of the problem is that of the conformal representation of the interior of a closed polygon upon the upper half of the plane of a complex variable t.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

The Geometry of the zeros of a polynomial in a complex variable.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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