Math::Complex
use Math::Complex; $z = Math::Complex->make(5, 6); $z = cplx(5, 6); # same thing, but shorter $t = 4 - 3*i + $z; # do standard complex math print "$t\n"; # prints 9+3i print sqrt(-9), "\n"; # prints 3i
The Math::Complex
module provides complex
number objects with overloaded operators. These are numbers with both
real and imaginary portions, like those satisfying even-numbered
integral roots of negative numbers as shown above. Besides
arithmetical operators, many built-in math functions are also
overridden by versions that understand complex numbers, including
abs
, log
,
sqrt
, sin
,
cos
, and atan2
. Other functions
provided are Re
and Im
to
provide the real and imaginary portions of their complex arguments,
plus a full battery of extended trigonometric functions, such as
tan
, asin
,
acos
, sinh
,
cosh
, and tanh
. The module also
exports the constant i
, which, as you might
imagine, holds the value of i; that is, the
square root of -1.
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