Symbols:Complex Analysis/Conjugate/Variant

Complex Conjugate

$z^*$

A variant notation for the conjugate of a complex number $z$ is $z^*$.

Let $z = a + i b$ be a complex number.

Then the (complex) conjugate of $z$ is denoted $\overline z$ and is defined as:

$\overline z := a - i b$

The $\LaTeX$ code for \(z^*\) is z^* .

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): complex conjugate: 1.
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): complex conjugate: 1.
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Appendix: Table $7$: Common signs and symbols: complex conjugate