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ngodinhnhan1-Visitor
1-Visitor
November 22, 2018
Question

I can not use mathematic expression with "j" ( complex number)

Hi all 

I am doing a calculation of RLC circuit in MathCAD, but I am facing to a problem with usage of "i" ( notation of complex number) as shown bellow:

Image 26.png

Please help me to treat this . 

 

Best regards,  

10 replies

AlvaroDíaz12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
November 28, 2018

Hi. In Mathcad imaginary unit is 1i or 1j, but shows just i or j.

 

Best regards.

Alvaro.

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    ValeryOchkov24-Ruby IV
    24-Ruby IV
    November 28, 2018

    Mathcad Prime - new in complex number formatting

    i-prime.png 

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    ValeryOchkov24-Ruby IV
    24-Ruby IV
    November 28, 2018

    I have seen a lot of Mathcad-sheets with:

    ii.png

     

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    ValeryOchkov24-Ruby IV
    24-Ruby IV
    November 28, 2018

    See please - with units

    fre.png

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    W3EO1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    December 27, 2018

    Works for me if I define j  as the square root of -1

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    Werner_E
    Werner_E25-Diamond I
    25-Diamond I
    December 27, 2018
    @W3EO wrote:

    Works for me if I define j  as the square root of -1

    In real Mathcad (=MC15 and below) I would strongly advise against doing so, but in Prime I have to admit that the imaginary unit displayed as 1j or 1i simply looks too ugly and so I understand that defining j:=1i or something like that makes sense.

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      aroberts1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      December 30, 2018

      Yes, in "Real" Mathcad 🙂 I'll never assimilate the Primes. I have always defined the imaginary constant explicitly, as it gives me the confidence that I'm using the values I want. Why do you think this is bad practice?

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