Definition:Dot Product/Complex/Definition 2

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Definition

Let $z_1 := x_1 + i y_1$ and $z_2 := x_2 + i y_2$ be complex numbers in vector form.


The dot product of $z_1$ and $z_2$ is defined as:

$z_1 \circ z_2 = \cmod {z_1} \, \cmod{z_2} \cos \theta$

where:

$\cmod {z_1}$ denotes the complex modulus of $z_1$
$\theta$ denotes the angle between $z_1$ and $z_2$.


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