Mathematical constant

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Does there exists any important complex mathematical constant ?

It is known that there exist a large number of mathematical constants that are real numbers, like:
$$\pi, e, \phi, ...$$

Here is the link for much more of them:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_constant

I have never seen and could not find any constant written as: $$c = \alpha + \beta i$$ $$i = \sqrt{-1}$$ $$\alpha, \beta \in \Bbb{R}$$ Why ?


What I mean is that $\alpha$ and $\beta$ can't be also a combination of any other well known constants, so $\alpha$ and $\beta$ should be in some way unique like $\pi$ is unique for themselves and is strongly connected with circle, or like Feigenbaum constants that are strongly connected with bidfurcation and can't be rewriten as combination of any other constatns.

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You could argue the most important number in complex analysis is $2\pi i$, because of its appearance in the residue theorem.

Complex roots of unity, i.e. $\{e^{2\pi iq}|q\in\Bbb Q\}$, are also very important, partly because of their role in the theory of polynomials, partly because of complex analysis again. In particular, you often see results of the form $\oint_Cf(z)dz=(1-e^{2\pi is})\int_0^\infty f(x)dx$, which allow us to calculate some integrals of the form $\int_0^\infty f(x)dx$ with a keyhole contour. (If the upper limit is instead finite, doghole contours may encounter the same phenomenon.) You may wish to argue, then, that $1-e^{2\pi is}$ or its reciprocal is therein of more fundamental importance, for suitable $s$, than is $e^{2\pi is}$.