Complex Vector Lattices Via Functional Completions

We show that the Fremlin tensor product $C(X)\bar{\otimes }C(Y)$ is not square mean complete when X and Y are uncountable metrizable compact spaces. This motivates the definition of complexification of Archimedean vector lattices, the Fremlin tensor product of Archimedean complex vector lattices, and a theory of powers of Archimedean complex vector lattices.