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 | | According to Theorem 5.1.8 and Theorem 5.1.9 on page 73, we have that each of addition and multiplication of complex numbers is associative and commutative showing that properties P2, P3, P7, and P8 hold to be true. |
 | | (a, b) × (1, 0) = (a, b) and, due to the fact that multiplication of complex numbers is commutative, we also have that (1, 0) × (a, b) = (a, b); thus, (1, 0) is the multiplicative identity in C. |
 | | is the multiplicative inverse of (a, b) due to the fact that (1, 0) is the multiplicative identity of complex numbers. |
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