Complex Conjugate

Unique ID: /.conjugate

\(^{*}\)

Description

The symbol \(^{*}\) represents the reflection of any complex number along the real axis. If \(Z\) is a complex number, then \(Z^{*}\) is it's conjugate. If you have a complex number \(a + b\htmlId{tooltip-imag}{j}\), it can be found by flipping the sign of \(b\). A demonstration can be seen in the following figure:

A graph demonstrating a vector and it's complex conjugate. It shows that the conjugate is a reflection of the initial vector along the real axis.

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