Yes. This can be verified by using a "generic" complex number, and multiplying it by its conjugate:
(a + bi)(a - bi) = a2 -abi + abi + b2i2 = a2 - b2
Alternative proof:
I'm going to use the * notation for complex conjugate. Any complex number w is real if and only if w=w*. Let z be a complex number. Let w = zz*. We want to prove that w*=w. This is what we get:
w* = (zz*)*
= z*z** (for any u and v, (uv)* = u* v*)
= z*z
= w
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