Help/Math/Polar.html

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  19 <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>Polar <span class="Apple-tab-span">   </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></b></span><b>polar coordinates</b></p>
  20 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  21 <p class="p1"><b>superclass: </b><a href="Number.html"><span class="s2">Number</span></a></p>
  22 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  23 <p class="p1">Represents polar coordinates.</p>
  24 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  25 <p class="p3"><b>Creation</b></p>
  26 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  27 <p class="p1"><b>new(rho, theta)</b></p>
  28 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  29 <p class="p1">Create a new polar coordinate with the given radius, rho, and angle in radians, theta.</p>
  30 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  31 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  32 <p class="p3"><b>Math</b></p>
  33 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  34 <p class="p1"><b>+ <span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>- <span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>* <span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>/</b></p>
  35 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  36 <p class="p1">The math operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are accomplished by</p>
  37 <p class="p1">first converting to complex numbers.</p>
  38 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  39 <p class="p1"><b>scale(aNumber)</b></p>
  40 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  41 <p class="p1">Scale the radius by some value.</p>
  42 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  43 <p class="p1"><b>rotate(aNumber)</b></p>
  44 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  45 <p class="p1">Rotate the angle by some value.</p>
  46 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  47 <p class="p1"><b>neg</b></p>
  48 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  49 <p class="p1">Rotate by pi.</p>
  50 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  51 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  52 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  53 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  54 <p class="p3"><b>Conversion</b></p>
  55 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  56 <p class="p1"><b>magnitude</b></p>
  57 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  58 <p class="p1">Answer the radius.</p>
  59 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  60 <p class="p1"><b>angle</b></p>
  61 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  62 <p class="p1">Answer the angle in radians</p>
  63 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  64 <p class="p1"><b>phase</b></p>
  65 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  66 <p class="p1">Answer the angle in radians</p>
  67 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  68 <p class="p1"><b>real</b></p>
  69 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  70 <p class="p1">Answer the real part.</p>
  71 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  72 <p class="p1"><b>imag</b></p>
  73 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  74 <p class="p1">Answer the imaginary part.</p>
  75 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  76 <p class="p1"><b>asComplex</b></p>
  77 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  78 <p class="p1">Convert to Complex</p>
  79 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  80 <p class="p1"><b>asPoint</b></p>
  81 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  82 <p class="p1">Convert to Point</p>
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