Definition C, set of complex numbers is the set of numbers in the form of a+bi. Recall that i2=ā1 Therefore, (a+bi)(c+di)=ac+adi+bci+bdi2 (a+bi)(c+di)=(acābd)+(ad+bc)i but the summation is much more straight forward: (a+bi)+(c+di)=(a+c)+(b+d)i