Re: polar(i)

[Muhali]

Doug Stewart-4 wrote
> so to use polar notation of complex numbers use
> 
> a=angle+mag*j

well, that IS confusing, at least for the mathematically trained eye. In the
complex plane your number a, as a complex number, would not be at (0,1) but
at (pi/2,1). It would have the "canonical" representation in polar form 

arg(a) = 0.567 = "angle" ≠ pi/2
abs(a) = 1.86 = "magnitude" ≠ 1

So, whatever "angle" means in the form presently used by octave, it is not
the angle in the complex plane. What angle is it then? Or what plane?



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