Notation for complex "part" functions

  • Authors:
  • Paul Penfield, Jr.

  • Affiliations:
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad
  • Year:
  • 1977

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Abstract

Five proposals are presented for denoting the real part, imaginary part, magnitude, and phase of complex numbers in APL. The purpose of this paper is to stimulate a discussion in the APL community before the appearance of the first implementation of complex APL renders such a discussion academic.