Complex Addition is Commutative

Theorem
The operation of addition on the set of complex numbers is commutative:
 * $\forall z, w \in \C: z + w = w + z$

Proof
From the definition of complex numbers, we define the following:

where $x_1, x_2, y_1, y_2 \in \R$.

Then:

Also see

 * Complex Addition is Associative