Re: Absolute Value of Complex Numbers
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- Subject: [mg35217] Re: Absolute Value of Complex Numbers
- From: "John Doty" <jpd at w-d.org>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 02:13:18 -0400 (EDT)
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In article <afp0oh$h08$1 at smc.vnet.net>, "Kyle Davis" <kyledavis at nowhere.com> wrote: > 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? Only if k is real. > How do I make the second calculation give me the right answer? In[1]:= ComplexExpand[Abs[2 Exp[k * I]]] Out[1]= 2 ComplexExpand[] performs the expansion assuming all variables represent real numbers. -- | John Doty "You can't confuse me, that's my job." | Home: jpd at w-d.org | Work: jpd at space.mit.edu