Commit 1d4e2d1a authored by Charles L. Dorian's avatar Charles L. Dorian Committed by Rob Pike

cmath: add package description

Also update range of Phase and Polar due to signed zero.
[Phase(cmplx(-1, +0)) = pi and Phase(cmplx(-1, -0)) = -pi]

R=rsc, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/1235041
parent 31f79690
......@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
// The cmath package provides basic constants
// and mathematical functions for complex numbers.
package cmath
import "math"
......
......@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ package cmath
import "math"
// Phase returns the phase (also called the argument) of x.
// The returned value is in the range (-Pi, Pi].
// The returned value is in the range [-Pi, Pi].
func Phase(x complex128) float64 { return math.Atan2(imag(x), real(x)) }
......@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package cmath
// Polar returns the absolute value r and phase θ of x,
// such that x = r * e**θi.
// The phase is in the range (-Pi, Pi].
// The phase is in the range [-Pi, Pi].
func Polar(x complex128) (r, θ float64) {
return Abs(x), Phase(x)
}
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