Complex Numbers

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In this Lesson

• negative numbers
• complex numbers
• the complex plane
• complex arithmetic
• complex exponentials
• tau
• rectangular coordinates and polar coordinates
• complex number terminology
• quadrature terminology
  
  

Homework

1. A weather station measures wind direction once per minute. Write a program to indicate the average direction over a five minute period. Try it on the following sets of readings:

   • 12°, 15°, 13°, 9°, 16°
   • 358°, 1°, 359°, 355°, 2°
   • 210°, 290°, 10°, 90°, 170°

2. Modify your program to handle wind speed input in addition to direction.

Resources

• The Tau Manifesto
• My favorite introductory DSP book: Practical Signal Processing by Mark Owen
• Another interesting alternative to classical trigonometry is rational trigonometry. I particularly recommend it if you are interested in triangles and geometry rather than periodic phenomena.

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