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Re: declaring variables

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  • Subject: [mg4767] Re: declaring variables
  • From: Dr Stephen P Luttrell <luttrell at signal.dra.hmg.gb>
  • Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 13:54:51 -0400
  • Organization: Defence Research Agency
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Burkhardt Goedde wrote:
> 
> Dear math users,
> just a simple problem, but I got no answer from thew book.
> 
> Re[x + I y] gives
> 
> Re[x + I y]
> 
> whereas
> 
> Re[2 + 3 I]
> 
> gives 2
> 
> How could I tell Mathematica that x and y are real numbers?
> 

Try this:

ClearAll[x,y];
r = Re[x + I y]
ComplexExpand[r]

which produces the output:

Re[x + I y]
x

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