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[[Image:Complex numbers addition.png|right|thumb|''X'' = ''A'' + ''B'']]

===Addition===

The ''sum'' of two points ''A'' and ''B'' is the point ''X'' = ''A''+''B'' such that the [[triangle]]s with vertices 0, ''A'', ''B'' and ''X'', ''B'', ''A'' are [[similarityCongruence (mathematicsgeometry)#Similar triangles|similarcongruent]].

[[Image:Complex numbers multiplication.png|right|thumb|''X'' = ''AB'']]

===Multiplication===

The ''product'' of two points ''A'' and ''B'' is the point ''X'' = ''AB'' such that the triangles with vertices 0, 1, ''A'', and ''0'', ''B'', ''X'' are similar.