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Full Idea
A complex number may be regarded and defined as simply an ordered couple of real numbers
Gist of Idea
A complex number is simply an ordered couple of real numbers
Source
Bertrand Russell (Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy [1919], VII)
Book Ref
Russell,Bertrand: 'Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy' [George Allen and Unwin 1975], p.75