USING: help.markup help.syntax math math.private math.functions math.complex.private ; IN: math.complex ARTICLE: "complex-numbers-zero" "Embedding of real numbers in complex numbers" "Constructing a complex number with an imaginary component equal to an integer zero simply returns the real number corresponding to the real component:" { $example "USING: math prettyprint ;" "C{ 1 2 } C{ 3 -2 } + ." "4" } "Constructing a complex number with an imaginary component equal to floating point zero will still output a new complex number, however:" { $example "USING: math prettyprint ;" "C{ 0.0 2.0 } C{ 0.0 1.0 } * ." "C{ -2.0 0.0 }" } "Unlike math, where all real numbers are also complex numbers, Factor only considers a number to be a complex number if its imaginary part is non-zero. However, complex number operations are fully supported for real numbers; they are treated as having an imaginary part of zero." ; ARTICLE: "complex-numbers" "Complex numbers" { $subsection complex } "Complex numbers arise as solutions to quadratic equations whose graph does not intersect the " { $emphasis "x" } " axis. Their literal syntax is covered in " { $link "syntax-complex-numbers" } "." $nl "Complex numbers can be taken apart:" { $subsection real-part } { $subsection imaginary-part } { $subsection >rect } "Complex numbers can be constructed from real numbers:" { $subsection rect> } { $subsection "complex-numbers-zero" } { $see-also "syntax-complex-numbers" } ; HELP: complex { $class-description "The class of complex numbers with non-zero imaginary part." } ; ABOUT: "complex-numbers" HELP: 2>rect { $values { "x" "a complex number" } { "y" "a complex number" } { "xr" "real part of " { $snippet "x" } } { "xi" "imaginary part of " { $snippet "x" } } { "yr" "real part of " { $snippet "y" } } { "yi" "imaginary part of " { $snippet "y" } } } { $description "Extracts real and imaginary components of two numbers at once." } ; HELP: complex/ { $values { "x" "a complex number" } { "y" "a complex number" } { "r" "a real number" } { "i" "a real number" } { "m" "a real number" } } { $description "Complex division kernel. If we use the notation from " { $link 2>rect } ", this word computes:" { $code "r = xr*yr+xi*yi" "i = xi*yr-xr*yi" "m = yr*yr+yi*yi" } } ; HELP: ( x y -- z ) { $values { "x" "a real number" } { "y" "a real number" } { "z" "a complex number" } } { $description "Low-level complex number constructor. User code should call " { $link rect> } " instead." } ;