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 ### Manipulating complex numbers
 
+Three functions assemble and disassemble complex numbers. The built-in function complex constructs a complex value from a floating-point real and imaginary part, while real and imag extract the real and imaginary parts of a complex value.
+
+```go
+complex(realPart, imaginaryPart floatT) complexT
+real(complexT) floatT
+imag(complexT) floatT
+```
+
+The type of the arguments and return value correspond. For `complex`, the two arguments must be of the same [floating-point type](#numeric-types) and the return type is the [complex type](#numeric-types) with the corresponding floating-point constituents: `complex64` for `float32` arguments, and `complex128` for `float64` arguments. If one of the arguments evaluates to an untyped constant, it is first implicitly [converted](#conversions) to the type of the other argument. If both arguments evaluate to untyped constants, they must be non-complex numbers or their imaginary parts must be zero, and the return value of the function is an untyped complex constant.
+
+For `real` and `imag`, the argument must be of complex type, and the return type is the corresponding floating-point type: `float32` for a `complex64` argument, and float64 for a complex128 argument. If the argument evaluates to an untyped constant, it must be a number, and the return value of the function is an untyped floating-point constant.
+
+The `real` and `imag` functions together form the inverse of `complex`, so for a value `z` of a complex type `Z`, `z == Z(complex(real(z), imag(z)))`.
+
+If the operands of these functions are all constants, the return value is a constant.
+
+```go
+var a = complex(2, -2)             // complex128
+const b = complex(1.0, -1.4)       // untyped complex constant 1 - 1.4i
+x := float32(math.Cos(math.Pi/2))  // float32
+var c64 = complex(5, -x)           // complex64
+var s int = complex(1, 0)          // untyped complex constant 1 + 0i can be converted to int
+_ = complex(1, 2<<s)               // illegal: 2 assumes floating-point type, cannot shift
+var rl = real(c64)                 // float32
+var im = imag(a)                   // float64
+const c = imag(b)                  // untyped constant -1.4
+_ = imag(3 << s)                   // illegal: 3 assumes complex type, cannot shift
+```
+
+### Deletion of map elements
+
 TODO