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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Matthias Klose
  • Date: 2010-03-11 13:30:19 UTC
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number.  In polar coordinates, a complex number *z* is defined by the
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modulus *r* and the phase angle *phi*. The modulus *r* is the distance
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from *z* to the origin, while the phase *phi* is the counterclockwise
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angle from the positive x-axis to the line segment that joins the
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origin to *z*.
 
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angle, measured in radians, from the positive x-axis to the line
 
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segment that joins the origin to *z*.
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The following functions can be used to convert from the native
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rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates and back.