Chapter 5: structural numbers - the imaginary number is the constant "im" julia> (1 - 3im) / (2 + 2im) -0.5 - 1.0im julia> real(1 + 2im) # real part of z 1 julia> imag(1 + 2im) # imaginary part of z 2 julia> conj(1 + 2im) # complex conjugate of z 1 - 2im julia> abs(1 + 2im) # absolute value of z 2.23606797749979 julia> abs2(1 + 2im) # squared absolute value 5 julia> angle(1 + 2im) # phase angle in radians 1. julia> sqrt(-1) ERROR: DomainError with -1.0: sqrt will only return a complex result if called with a complex argument. Try sqrt(Complex(x)). Stacktrace: [...] julia> sqrt(-1 + 0im) 0.0 + 1.0im constructing a complex number at runtime: julia> a = 1; b = 2; complex(a, b) 1 + 2im Rationals are constructed using the // operator: julia> 2//3 2//3 julia> -4//-12 1//3 julia> numerator(2//3) 2 julia> denominator(2//3) 3 julia> float(3//4) 0.75 julia> x = -3//0 -1//0