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\( ^{*} \)

Short Description

This is the symbol for the complex conjugate, representing the reflection of any complex number along the real axis. If \(Z\) is a complex number, then \(Z^{*}\) is it's conjugate.

Medium Description

This is the symbol for the complex conjugate, representing 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 \(a + b\htmlClass{sdt-0000000129}{j}\), it can be found by flipping the sign of \(b\).

Long 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 \(a + b\htmlClass{sdt-0000000129}{j}\), 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.