Re: symbolic calculations with complex numbers
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- Subject: [mg31958] Re: [mg31937] symbolic calculations with complex numbers
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <andrzej at tuins.ac.jp>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 04:21:22 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
In[207]:=
ComplexExpand[Abs[p+ I q],TargetFunctions->{Re,Im}]
Out[207]=
2 2
Sqrt[p + q ]
Andrzej Kozlowski
Toyama International University
JAPAN
http://platon.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/andrzej/
On Thursday, December 13, 2001, at 03:08 PM, Roberto Dinapoli wrote:
> Hello,
> I've a problem: is there a way to convince mathematica to do symbolic
> calculations and simplifications taking all symbolic variables as real?
> example:
> Abs[p+ I q] is not evaluated, I'd like to see : sqrt[ sqr[p]+sqr[q] ]...
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> for all the calculations I have to do it's really important.
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> Thanks a lot
> Roberto
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