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Re: Finding real part (newbie question)

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  • Subject: [mg15762] Re: Finding real part (newbie question)
  • From: Stephen P Luttrell <luttrell at signal.dra.hmg.gb>
  • Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 02:03:45 -0500 (EST)
  • Organization: Defence Evaluation and Research Agency
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>If a,b,c,d are real numbers. How do I use mathematica to find the real
>part of
>
>1/(a + I b + 1/(c + I d))
>
>Yes I can calculate it by hand, but I would like to know how to use
>Mathematica.

This should do what you want:

In[1]:=ComplexExpand[1/(a + I b + 1/(c + I d)),TargetFunctions->{Re,Im}]

Out[1]=a/((a + c/(c^2 + d^2))^2 + (b - d/(c^2 + d^2))^2) -
  (I*b)/((a + c/(c^2 + d^2))^2 + (b - d/(c^2 + d^2))^2) +
  c/((c^2 + d^2)*((a + c/(c^2 + d^2))^2 +
       (b - d/(c^2 + d^2))^2)) +
  (I*d)/((c^2 + d^2)*((a + c/(c^2 + d^2))^2 +
       (b - d/(c^2 + d^2))^2))

Check ComplexExpand in the Help Browser for more information.

Stephen P Luttrell
Signal Processing and Imagery Department DERA Malvern, St.Andrew's Road
Malvern, United Kingdom, WR14 3PS

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