Logical with complex numbers in a vector
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I have a complex number in a vector,
e =
-0.0000
3.0000
9.0000
>> logical(e) %checking if the the first entry is actually 0. Results show it is not
ans =
3×1 logical array
1
1
1
>> t = sqrt(e) % sqauring the entries shows all the three entries are complex numbers
t =
0.0000 + 0.0000i
1.7321 + 0.0000i
3.0000 + 0.0000i
L = logical(t) % In Matlab documentation it not possible to use logical for complex numbers
Error using logical
Complex values cannot be converted to logicals.
>> t(1,1)==0 % checking if the first entry is actually 0?
ans =
logical
0
>> t(1,1)<0 % checking if the first entry is actually less than 0?
ans =
logical
0
>> t(1,1)>0 % checking if the first entry is actually greater than 0?
ans =
logical
0
% QUESTION: is there a way to compare t(1,1) with 0 to know whether is it 0 or not?
% Alternatively: What is the genral way of using logicals for complex numbers?
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Walter Roberson
on 26 Feb 2021
e = [-1e-9;3;9;0]
t = sqrt(e);
[real(t), imag(t)]
t == 0
format long g
e
[real(t), imag(t)]
You are being mislead by your default output format. If you switch output formats you will be able to see quickly that your e(1) is a small negative value.
You can see that t == 0 is enough to compare both parts of a complex number to 0, and correspondingly,
Lt = t ~= 0
is the equivalent of logical()
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Image Analyst
on 27 Feb 2021
Perhaps this:
complexVector =[
0.0000 + 0.1000i
1.7321 + 0.0010i
3.0000 + 0.0000i]
% Define a tolerance:
tolerance = 0.01
% Find out which elements have an imaginary magnitude less than tolerance:
belowTolerance = imag(complexVector) < tolerance
% For those elements with an imaginary value below the tolerance,
% turn them into a real number with no imaginary component.
complexVector(belowTolerance) = real(complexVector(belowTolerance))
You get:
complexVector =
0 + 0.1i
1.7321 + 0.001i
3 + 0i
tolerance =
0.01
belowTolerance =
3×1 logical array
0
1
1
complexVector =
0 + 0.1i
1.7321 + 0i
3 + 0i
Note the second and third elements are real, not complex, numbers because the imaginary part was stripped off.
David Hill
on 23 Feb 2021
%depends on what you are trying to compare
real(t)==0;
imag(t)==0;
norm(t)==0;
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Walter Roberson
on 27 Feb 2021
A = ([-1 1 0; -1 0 1; 0 -1 1; -2 1 1]);
e=eig(A'*A)
f = sqrt(e);
format short
[real(e), imag(e)]
[real(f), imag(f)]
f ~= 0
format long g
[real(e), imag(e)]
[real(f), imag(f)]
f ~= 0
You can see from this that the first entry in e is truly not 0... it just looks that way when you have "format short" in effect.
You can also see that comparing ~= 0 is successful in detecting that the imaginary component is not 0, which is what you want.
As = sym(A)
es = eig(As'*As)
Working with symbolic values shows us that the ideal value for the first eigenvalue is exact 0; the -1e-16 is due to numeric round-off.
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