Complex Multiplication is Closed/Proof 1

Theorem

The set of complex numbers $\C$ is closed under multiplication:

$\forall z, w \in \C: z \times w \in \C$

Proof

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

$z = x_1 + i y_1$

$w = x_2 + i y_2$

where $i = \sqrt {-1}$ and $x_1, x_2, y_1, y_2 \in \R$.

Then from the definition of complex multiplication:

$z w = \paren {x_1 x_2 - y_1 y_2} + i \paren {x_1 y_2 + x_2 y_1}$

From Real Numbers form Field:

$x_1 x_2 - y_1 y_2 \in \R$

and:

$x_1 y_2 + x_2 y_1 \in \R$

Hence the result.

$\blacksquare$