This article is a work in progress.
Foreword
Complex numbers were the bane of my existence in the beginning - well, not necessarily the numbers themselves, but certainly DeMoivre’s formula and polar forms. I’m going to try and break down all of the following concepts in nice, easy to digest chunks. We’ll start off with the basics.
Introduction
The first thing to remember is the complex numbers are not necessarily complex - this is just a name they’ve been given! Think of it like a Chernobyl packet - sounds like it’ll kill you, but it definitely won’t. (Thanks to XKCD for the inspiration there)
Complex numbers are simply numbers with the format: