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Foundations Of Transcomplex Numbers: An Extension Of The Complex Number System To Four Dimensions
ISBN 978-0-9802037-0-7
Original copy deposited at U.S. Copyright Office.

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This mathematics book is about a way of extending the complex numbers system to four-coordinate variables, maintaining the usual operations attributed to the complex numbers.

The ISBN for the E-Book is 978-0-9802037-0-7

The book is typeset in high quality Latex format for superb equations and text readability, formatted for 8½ x 11 letter size printing. With 194 pages, generously illustrated with 51 illustrations,  and many cross-references like:

  • Table of Contents
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Index of Definitions
  • Index of Figures
  • Index of Nomenclature
  • Index of Theorems

Seven chapters divided as follows:

  • Ordered Pairs. The whole theory of transcomplex functions is based on the ordered pair concept: from the two-dimension plane up to the four-dimension space.
  • Complex Numbers. The complex numbers system is derived from the ordered pairs concept.
  • Transcomplex Numbers. Here starts the extension of the complex numbers into ordered pairs of complex numbers, arriving at the concept of transcomplexs.
  • The Coordinate System S4. This chapter is devoted to deriving a suitable coordinate system to plot transcomplex functions.
  • Transcomplex Functions. Functions of complex variables evolve to make space for functions of four-entries ordered pairs.
  • Transcomplex Surfaces. A radical and totally new perception of surfaces generated by complex variables.
  • Theorem Proofs. This chapter collects all the proofs of the theorems stated along the book.

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Figure 1-2. Multiplication of two ordered pairsFigure 1-4. The norm of an ordered pairFigure 2-4. The norm of a complex number
Fig. 1-2. Multiplication of
ordered pairs
Fig. 1-4. The norm of
an ordered pair
Fig. 2-4. The norm of
a complex number
Figure 2-5. The argument of a complex number Figure 4-10. The 4 subspaces of the hyperspace S4 Figure 4-15. The cubicle number 4 of the hyperspace S4
Fig. 2-5. The argument of
a complex number
Fig. 4-10. The 4 subspaces
of the hyperspace S4		Fig. 4-15. The cubicle number 4
of the hyperspace S4
Figure 4-4. The real planes of the real cubicleFigure 5-12. The usual plotting of the complex trigonometric function W = sin ZFigure 5-16. The essence of the transcomplex maps
Fig. 4-4. The real planes
of the real cubicle.
Fig. 5-12. The the complex
trigonometric function W = sin Z 		Fig. 5-16. The essence of the
 transcomplex maps