ComplexExpand

ComplexExpand[expr]

expands expr assuming that all variables are real.

ComplexExpand[expr,{x1,x2,}]

expands expr assuming that variables matching any of the xi are complex.

Examples

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Basic Examples(4)

Expand symbolic expressions into real and imaginary parts:

Assume that both and are real:

Take to be complex:

Extract the real and imaginary parts of an expression:

Scope(7)

Polynomials:

Trigonometric and hyperbolic functions:

Inverse trigonometric and inverse hyperbolic functions:

Exponential and logarithmic functions:

Composition of functions:

Specify that a variable is taken to be complex:

Specify target functions:

Options(1)

TargetFunctions(1)

This gives an answer in terms of Re[z] and Im[z]:

With , the answer is given in terms of Abs[z] and Arg[z]:

Use Conjugate as the target function:

Applications(2)

This expands the expression, assuming that and are both real:

In this case, is assumed to be real, but is assumed to be complex, and is broken into explicit real and imaginary parts:

With several complex variables, you quickly get quite complicated results:

Verify common complex identities:

Properties & Relations(1)

This computes Re[Sin[x+I y]] assuming that x and y are real:

The same computation can be done using TrigExpand and Refine:

Wolfram Research (1991), ComplexExpand, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ComplexExpand.html (updated 2007).

Text

Wolfram Research (1991), ComplexExpand, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ComplexExpand.html (updated 2007).

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2021_complexexpand, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ComplexExpand}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ComplexExpand.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-August-2021 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2021_complexexpand, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ComplexExpand}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ComplexExpand.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-August-2021 ]}

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1991. "ComplexExpand." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2007. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ComplexExpand.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1991). ComplexExpand. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ComplexExpand.html