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Re: How to get the Real and Imaginary part of an expression
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Jan 5, 2013 2:17 AM
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Eduardo,
Two problems:
(1) Mathematica does not know that s is a complex variable.
(2) The functions Re[ ] and Im[ ] work only for numeric arguments.
Try the following:
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Clear[s, z, w, x, y]
(w = 882.)/(s^2 + 2*z*w*s + w^2)
f = % /. s -> x + I y
ComplexExpand[%]
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HTH,
Raul
On Jan 2, 2013, at 6:16 PM, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes <emammendes@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I need to extract the real and imaginary part of the following expression
>
> (w=882)/(s^2+2*z*w*s+w^2)
>
> where w and z are positive constants. s is a complex variable.
>
> Applying Re and Im to the expression does not do much. By hand, one can easily find them.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> many thanks
>
> Ed
>
>
>
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">Eduardo,<div><br></div><div>Two problems:</div><div><br></div><div>(1) =
Mathematica does not know that s is a complex =
variable.</div><div><br></div><div>(2) The functions Re[ ] and Im[ ] =
work only for numeric arguments.</div><div><br></div><div>Try the =
following:</div><div><br></div><div>-----</div><div><div style="margin: =
0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">Clear[s, z, w, x, y]<br>
(w = 882.)/(s^2 + 2*z*w*s + w^2)<br>
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f = % /. s -> x + I y<br>
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">HTH,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: =
Helvetica; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; =
font-family: Helvetica; ">Raul</div><div style="margin: 0px; =
font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica; "><br></div><div><div>On Jan 2, =
2013, at 6:16 PM, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes <<a =
href="mailto:emammendes@gmail.com">emammendes@gmail.com</a>> =
wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type="cite">Hello<br><br>I need to extract the real and imaginary part =
of the following =
expression<br><br>(w=882)/(s^2+2*z*w*s+w^2)<br><br>where w and z are =
positive constants. s is a complex variable.<br><br>Applying Re =
and Im to the expression does not do much. By hand, one can =
easily find them. <br><br>What am I missing?<br><br>many =
thanks<br><br>Ed<br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html=
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