Thread: Complex Number Ordering.

I have trouble solving this problem from my real analysis class. It would be wonderful if someone could help me out or give me a hint. Thanks very much in advance.

Suppose z=a+bi, w=c+di. Define z<w if a<c, and also if a=c but b<d. Prove that this turns the set of all complex numbers into an ordered set. Does this ordered set have the least-upper-bound property?

Originally Posted by EmmWalfer

Suppose z=a+bi, w=c+di. Define z<w if a<c, and also if a=c but b<d. Prove that this turns the set of all complex numbers into an ordered set. Does this ordered set have the least-upper-bound property?

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Note that even though the set may be totally ordered, the system of complex numbers is not an ordered field.
The operations can be ordered. Note .

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