Re: Output complex numbers in polar (exponential) form?
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- Subject: [mg121181] Re: Output complex numbers in polar (exponential) form?
- From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 08:03:58 -0400 (EDT)
- Delivered-to: l-mathgroup@mail-archive0.wolfram.com
On 9/2/11 at 3:29 AM, crobcBOGUS at REMOVETHISsbcglobal.net (Mr.CRC)
wrote:
>For ex:
>In[2]:= ToExp[z_] := Abs[z] E^(I Arg[z])
>In[4]:= ToExp[3 + 4 I]
>Out[4]= 5 E^(I ArcTan[4/3])
>However, this converts back to rectangular form when a float is
>involved:
>In[5]:= ToExp[3 + 4. I]
>Out[5]= 3.+ 4. I
>Any idea how to make a consistent exponential complex number output?
Use Rationalize to convert the machine precision values to exact
values, i.e.,
In[5]:= toExp[z_] := Module[{x = Rationalize[z]},
Abs[x] E^(I Arg[x])]
In[6]:= toExp[3. + 4. I]
Out[6]= 5*E^(I*ArcTan[4/3])