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The complex numbers are numbers of the form <math> a + bi </math>  where <math> a </math> and <math> b </math> are real numbers and <math> i </math> is a square root of unity. The complex numbers form an [[algebraic closure|algebraicly closed]] [[field (mathematics)|field]] but do not permit a non-trivial ordering that is preserved under operations.
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===In popular culture===
 
In [[Yvgeny Zamyatin]]'s satirical novel ''[[We (novel)|We]]'', the narrator's psychological distress at contemplating the concept of complex numbers becomes a metaphor for the limitations of totalitarian systems of thought.
 

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