Complex numbers can be expressed by two important coordinate systems.
Python's :class:`complex` type uses rectangular coordinates where a number
-on the complex plain is defined by two floats, the real part and the imaginary
+on the complex plane is defined by two floats, the real part and the imaginary
part.
Definition::
z = x + 1j * y
- x := real(z)
- y := imag(z)
+ x := z.real
+ y := z.imag
In engineering the polar coordinate system is popular for complex numbers. In
polar coordinates a complex number is defined by the radius *r* and the phase
.. data:: pi
- The mathematical constant *pi*, as a float.
+ The mathematical constant *π*, as a float.
.. data:: e