Programmer Guide/Command Reference/EVAL/complex arithmetic

Because the current version of the STx EVAL command do not support a complex data type, a package of functions is used to implement arithmetic and special handling for complex numbers.

Note:

• A numerical object containing N x M complex numbers (N>=1, M>=1), consists of 2N rows and M columns, because each complex number uses two cells of a row.
• If a numerical object containing N x M complex numbers, is converted element-wise to real numbers, the resulting object consists of N rows and M columns.

complex -> complex

argument xc	any complex type
result rc	same complex type as xc

rc=cr2p(xc)

Convert xc from cartesian (real, imaginary) to polar (length, phase) format.

rc=cp2r(xc)

Convert xc from polar (length, phase) to cartesian (real, imaginary) format.

rc=conj(xc)

Conjugate xc; xc must be in cartesian format.

complex -> real

argument xc	any complex type
result r	same real type as xc

r=cr2len(xc): Compute length of xc; xc is stored in cartesian format.

r=cr2phi(xc)

Compute phase of xc; xc is stored in cartesian format.

r=cget(xc,0)

Get real part or length of xc (depends on format of xc).

r=cget(xc,1)

Get imaginary part or phase of xc (depends on format of xc).

real -> complex

argument x	any real type
argument y	same type as x
result rc	same complex type as x

rc=cset(x,y)

Combine elements of x (real part or length) and y (imaginary part or phase) to a complex numbers

multiplication (element-wise)

argument xc	any complex type (re,im)
argument yc	same type as 'xc'
argument n	a real or complex number (re,im)
result rc	same complex type as xc

rc=cmul(xc,n)

rc=cmul(n,xc)

Multiply each element of xc with the real or complex number n.

rc=cmul(xc,yc)

Multiply xc and yc element by element.

vector and matrix multiplication

rcmatrix=cmulv(xcvector,ycvector)

Compute the tensor (or dyadic) product of the two complex vectors xc and yc:

rci,j = xci * ycj

rcvector=cmulv(xcvector,ycmatrix)

Compute the product of the complex vector xc (N elements) and the complex matrix yc (N rows, M columns).

rcj = sumi=0..N-1 (xci * yci,j)

special functions

rc=cdot(xc,yc)

the result rc (complex number) is the dot product of the complex vectors xc and yc

rc=ctrn(xc)

the result rc is transposed matrix of the complex matrix xc

See also

fft, complex numbers

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