Complex conjugate of a complex number
Set
| @#55CCEE: context |
| postulate | $\mathrm{conj}:X\to \mathbb C$ |
| $a+i\ b\in X$ | $a,b\in \mathbb R$ |
| postulate | $\mathrm{conj}(a+i\ b):= a-i\ b$ |
Ramifications
If $z\in \mathbb C$, one writes $\overline z\equiv\mathrm{conj}(z)$.