Noun
bicomplex number (plural bicomplex numbers)
(algebra) A pair (w,z) of complex numbers constructed by the Cayley–Dickson process that defines the bicomplex conjugate
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{\displaystyle (w,z)^{*}=(w,-z),}
and the product of two bicomplex numbers as
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{\displaystyle (u,v)(w,z)=(uw-vz,uz+vw).}