Question

This is the first word in the name of a family of sets that can be constructed by recursively gluing together cells of increasing even dimension. It’s not “outer,” but an operation named for this word on a vector space V is equivalent to taking the direct sum of two copies of V, or the direct product of V with a set named for this word. Wirtinger derivatives are used in a subfield of mathematics described by this adjective. Multivalued functions on a set described by this adjective may exhibit branch cuts. (10[1])A stereographic projection maps the Riemann sphere (10[1])to a plane described by “extended” and this adjective. A subfield of mathematics named for this adjective studies contour integration (10[1])and holomorphic functions. For 10 points, (10[1])what adjective describes numbers of the form “a plus ib”? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: complex [accept complexification; accept complex analysis; accept extended complex plane or complex plane; accept complex numbers]
<Other Science>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
David BassJohns HopkinsHaverford9110
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayColumbia A9810
William Groger (UG)Columbia BNYU A11810
Danny Han (UG)PennVassar12410
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU BColumbia C13410