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Item: 2409 by bgribble at jarthur.claremont.edu
Author: [Bill Gribble]
Subj: Complex units
Date: Tue Mar 12 1991
Is there any way to use units on complex numbers? I was doing some
engineering-type stress calculations with complex numbers and was quite
frustrated when I couldn't use units. When the calculations are really
involved and use a lot of equations is when you *really* want to check units
to see if you're right, and I can't.
Is there a conceptual difficulty with complex numbers having units? I mean, is
the complex number (1_m, 1_m) mathematically meaningless? Or is it just a
quirk in the HP's unit management?
Any advice would be appreciated.
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** Bill Gribble Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA **
** bgribble@jarthur.claremont.edu Never heard of it? You're stupid. **
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Resp: 1 of 1 by billw at hpcvra.cv.hp.com.
Author: [William C Wickes]
Date: Wed Mar 13 1991 17:53
Lines: <Unknown>
There's no conceptual problem with complex numbers with units. The 48 doesn't
happen to include an object type for such things; call it a limitation rather
than a quirk (remember ROM is full and life is short?). However, you can enter
expressions like '(1_m,1_m)', which immediately compiles to '1_m+(1_m)*i'.
That opens up lots of possibilities.
Bill Wickes
HP Corvallis