Documentation/Calc Functions/IMSQRT

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    Function name:

    IMSQRT

    Category:

    Add-in

    Summary:

    Calculates the principal square root of a complex number.

    Syntax:

    IMSQRT(ComplexNumber)

    Returns:

    Returns a text string giving the complex number that is the principal square root of the complex number passed as argument. The real part of the principal square root is non-negative, and its imaginary part has the same sign as the original complex number.

    Arguments:

    ComplexNumber is a string (in quotation marks) representing a complex number in the form a+bi or a+bj, or a reference to a cell containing that string, whose square root is to be determined. a and b are real numbers.

    • If ComplexNumber does not have an imaginary part (b equal to 0), the real part can be passed to IMSQRT as a number rather than a string.
    • If ComplexNumber is not a valid complex number, IMSQRT reports an invalid argument error (Err:502).

    Additional details:

    Details specific to IMSQRT function

    For a complex number of the form a+bi, IMSQRT implements the following equation:

    Equation for IMSQRT function

    sign(b) ensures that the imaginary part of the complex number passed in the argument has the same sign as its principal square root.


    General information about Calc's handling of complex numbers

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    Note:
    For convenience, the information in this subsection is repeated on all pages describing functions that manipulate complex numbers.

    • A complex number is a number that can be expressed in the form a+bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is a symbol for the imaginary unit, such that i2=−1. a is known as the real part of the complex number and b is known as its imaginary part.
    • In some disciplines using i to indicate the imaginary unit may be undesirable and, in such cases, the symbol j may be used instead. The functions provided by Calc to process complex numbers can use either i or j.
    • For additional general background information, visit Wikipedia’s Complex number page.
    • Within Calc, a complex number is represented as a string expression of the form "a+bi" or "a+bj", where a and b are real numbers. If the complex number happens to be a real number (b=0), then it can be represented as either a string expression or a numeric value. Complex number string expressions should not contain any space characters. Examples of valid Calc complex numbers include "2", -6, "2+3i", "3j", "12.34+56.78i", and "1e+23-1e-22j". Calc would not recognize the strings "1+j2", "i+1", and "i+j" as valid complex numbers.
    • The representation of the complex numbers in strings can have up to 15 significant digits and scientific style is automatically used if needed (visit Wikipedia’s Scientific notation page for more information). The decimal delimiter in complex number string expressions is always a dot, irrespective of locale setting.

    Examples:

    Formula Description Returns
    =IMSQRT("1.2-3.4j") Here the function calculates the principal square root of a complex number that has non-zero real and imaginary parts. 1.55008891284726-1.0967112827595j
    =IMSQRT("-i") Here the function calculates the principal square root of a complex number that has no real part. The result has non-zero real and imaginary parts. 0.707106781186547-0.707106781186547i
    =IMSQRT(-1) Here the function calculates the principal square root of a negative real number. The result has no real part. i
    =IMSQRT(F1) where cell F1 contains the complex number 2-3j. Here the function calculates the principal square root of a complex number that is entered in a cell. 1.67414922803554-0.895977476129838j

    Related LibreOffice functions:

    IMEXP

    IMLN

    IMLOG10

    IMLOG2

    IMPOWER

    ODF standard:

    Section 6.8.24, part 2

    Related (or similar) Excel functions:

    IMSQRT