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Chapter 1 The Real and Complex Numbers
We begin with some basic set theory terminology that may pop up from time to time, followed by a reminder on the rules for arithmetic with real numbers, and a tour of the Cartesian coordinate plane. Students who are already comfortable with these topics can feel free to jump ahead to
Section 1.4 , where we introduce the complex numbers.
