134 Section 11: Calculating With Complex Numbers

r (cos θ + i sin θ) = re

(polar)

a + ib =

 

r θ

(phasor)

;and :can be used to interconvert the rectangular and polar forms of a complex number. They operate in Complex mode as follows:

´converts the polar (or phasor) form of a complex number to its ; rectangular form by replacing the magnitude r in the real X- register with a, and replacing the angle θ in the imaginary X-

register with b.

converts the rectangular coordinates of a complex number to the

:polar (or phasor) form by replacing the real part a in the real X- register with r, and replacing the imaginary part b in the imaginary X-register with θ.

These are the only functions in Complex mode that are affected by the current trigonometric mode setting. That is, the angular units for θ must correspond to the trigonometric mode indicated by the annunciator (or absence thereof).