Can Complex Euclidean Space Be Defined?

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Homework Statement



Euclidean space is the set of n-tuples with some operations and norm.
I suddenly wonder if complex euclidean space can be defined.

Is it also defined?

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Certainly: C^n is the set of n tuples of complex numbers with the norm defined by \sqrt{\sum_{i=1}^n z_nz_n^*} where the "*" indicates the complex conjugate.

But unless you have some kind of additional structure the uses the algebraic properties of complex numbers, that is identical to R^{2n}.
 
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