Re: Easy way to simplify expr to a+bi?
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- Subject: [mg26284] Re: [mg26245] Easy way to simplify expr to a+bi?
- From: Tomas Garza <tgarza01 at prodigy.net.mx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 00:19:56 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Try
In[1]:=
ComplexExpand[z, TargetFunctions -> {Re, Im}]
It works very nicely.
Tomas Garza
Mexico City
Christopher R. Carlen <crcarle at sandia.gov> wrote:
> I often encounter complex expressions such as:
>
> Z = 1/( 1/R1 + 1/( R2 + I w L ) + I w C )
>
> which I want to simplify to the form of
>
> Z = a + b I
>
> so I can answer various questions about the behavior of either a or b