# Introducing Complex Numbers Update

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/introducing-complex-numbers-update/24598>\
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**Created:** [May 16, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/introducing-complex-numbers-update/24598 "2019-05-16T21:30:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/introducing-complex-numbers-update/24598/3 "2019-05-16T23:25:15Z")

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Thanks for pointing me to that library @Nevin!

I'm still pretty new to the community, so I haven't been following along what everyone has been saying until recently. However, I did notice that [SE-0246: Generic Math Functions](https://forums.swift.org/t/accepted-with-modifications-se-0246-generic-math-functions/22244) was accepted, which introduced the `Real` protocol as standard in Swift without name spacing it in `Math`. So it seems there could be a possibility of adding `Complex` type as part of the standard library.

However, for what I'll be doing (differentiating complex numbers), I don't have a strong opinion on where it will exist, and the decision about where it will exist can be made when it's brought up in Swift Evolution when/if complex numbers are added. So I think the topic of where it will belong can be discussed later in the future.

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