Re: Absolute Value of Complex Numbers
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- Subject: [mg35200] Re: Absolute Value of Complex Numbers
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <kjm@KevinMcCann>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 02:11:51 -0400 (EDT)
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Mathematica is correct. suppose k=2*i, then 2 Exp[k*i]=2 Exp[-2] and Abs[ ] = 2 Exp[-2i] Kevin "Kyle Davis" <kyledavis at nowhere.com> wrote in message news:afp0oh$h08$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Abs[2 Exp[3 * i]] > answer = 2 > > Abs[2 Exp[k * i]] > answer = 2 Exp[-Im[k]] > > Isn't the second answer supposed to be the same with the first one, > regardless with the value of k? How do I make the second calculation give me > the right answer? > >