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C
is complete with respect to + and *.
All equations have solutions in
C
.
Definition on top of
R
.
C
=
R
x
R
.
R
not subset
C
!
Cartesian coordinates
.
We will see later how to "embed"
R
into
C
.
We will see later another definition of
C
(
polar coordinates
).
Author:
Wolfgang Schreiner
Last Modification: November 16, 1999