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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: More complex numbers than reals?
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 18:56:34 -0700
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James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:

> On 7/8/24 18:59, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>
>> "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Are there "more" complex numbers than reals?
>>
>> If you ask this in an appropriate group (sci.math?)  I'll answer.  Can
>> you really think this is topical in comp.lang.c?
>
> I haven't seen more of Chris's message than what you've quoted.  In the
> context of C, it's a easy (even trivial) question to answer.
>
> "Each complex type has the same representation and alignment
> requirements as an array type containing exactly two elements of the
> corresponding real type;  the first element is equal to the real part,
> and the second element to the imaginary part, of the complex number."
> (6.2.5p17).
>
> Therefore, the number of different complex numbers that can be
> represented is therefore the square of the number of different numbers
> that can be represented in the corresponding real type.

The answer is still no, because the question is about complex
numbers and real numbers, not representable values.