Simple Operations With Complex Numbers - HP 49g+ User Manual

The result shown above represents a magnitude, 3.7, and an angle
0.33029.... The angle symbol ( ) is shown in front of the angle measure.
Return to Cartesian or rectangular coordinates by using function RECT
(available in the catalog, ) . A complex number in polar
‚ N
i
representation is written as z = r e . You can enter this complex number into
the calculator by using an ordered pair of the form (r, ). The angle symbol
( ) can be entered as . For example, the complex number z =
~ ‚ 6
1.5i
5.2e , can be entered as follows (the figures show the RPN stack, before
and after entering the number):
Because the coordinate system is set to rectangular (or Cartesian), the
calculator automatically converts the number entered to Cartesian coordinates,
i.e., x = r cos , y = r sin , resulting, for this case, in (0.3678..., 5.18...).
On the other hand, if the coordinate system is set to cylindrical coordinates
(use CYLIN), entering a complex number (x,y), where x and y are real
numbers, will produce a polar representation. For example, in cylindrical
coordinates, enter the number (3.,2.). The figure below shows the RPN stack,
before and after entering this number:

Simple operations with complex numbers

Complex numbers can be combined using the four fundamental operations
( ) . The results follow the rules of algebra with the caveat that
+ - * /
2
= -1. Operations with complex numbers are similar to those with real
i
numbers. For example, with the calculator in ALG mode and the CAS set to
Complex, try the following operations:
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