Re: problem to define a complex quantity
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- Subject: [mg116932] Re: problem to define a complex quantity
- From: tarun dutta <tarunduttaz at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 06:04:18 -0500 (EST)
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On Mar 3, 4:04 pm, Peter Pein <pet... at dordos.net> wrote: > Am 02.03.2011 10:33, schrieb tarun dutta: > > > > > i want to use complex variable such as > > c[i_]=a[i]+I*b[i] ;where 'a' and 'b' are both real > > then I get > > conj[c[i]] =a[i]-I*b[i] > > by stating > > conj[x_]:=complexexpand[conjugate[x]]; > > > but now i am writing > > c[i_][t_]=a[i][t]+I*b[i][t] > > but i am not getting > > conj[c[i][t]]=a[i][t]-I*b[i][t] > > by stating > > conj[x_]:=ComplexExpand[Conjugate[x]] > > > moreover am using mathematica version-7 > > > is there any way of writing this thing? > > give some valuable insight. > > regards, > > tarun > > Hi, > > there seems to be a bug in version 7. Everything not contained in the > second argument shoulb be considered real, but this is not the case. So > > In[1]:= c[i_][t_]=a[i][t]+I*b[i][t]; > conj[x_]:=Simplify[ComplexExpand[Conjugate[x]],Element[Except[_Complex]= ,Reals]]; > cc=conj[c[i][t]] > Out[3]= a[i][t]-I b[i][t] > > is a workaround. > > hth, > Peter thanks peter.itz working now..