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`Collect' with complex numbers??




I couldn't figure out how to do an annoyingly straightforward
transformation with crtesian complex numbers:

Collect[(a+b)c +b d,b]

yields

a c + b(c+d)

Which is good, but

Collect[(a+i)b + c I , I]

yields

(a+I)b +c I

How can I do complex algebra when I can't get this transformation? Using
ComplexExpand and Re is less than satisfying.

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Craig P Earls, LT U.S. Navy                      cearls@ix.netcom.com
MIT Naval Construction and Engineering           cpearls@mit.edu
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