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- From: markc@smsc.sony.com (Mark Corscadden)
- Subject: term for the "angle" of a complex number
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- Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp, San Jose, CA
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:21:36 GMT
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- A complex number Z can be expressed in these ways:
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- rectangular - X + Yi where X and Y are real
- polar - R exp(Ai) where R>=0 and A are real (A is not unique)
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- Terminology for these quantities:
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- X - the real part of Z
- Y - the imaginary part of Z
- R - the magnitude of Z or the absolute value of Z
- A - ??? I have no idea ???
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- What do you call "A"? Ideally this would be a term that you could expect
- to be recognized in a discussion about quantum field theory, for example.
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- Mark Corscadden
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