Re: Modulo (for complex)

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

No, I think the situation is clear and I removed % operator from  
complex numbers in future LNUM revisions.

Haven't heard the norm been called modulus ever; I'm using 'math.abs 
()' for getting the norm.

Lua 5.1.2  Copyright (C) 1994-2007 Lua.org, PUC-Rio (complex double  
int32)
> = math.abs( 2+3i )
3.605551275464

-asko


manel kirjoitti 5.10.2007 kello 11:10:

> Hello
>
> Perhaps you are mixing concepts between modulus of an integer number
> and modulus of a complex one. Both are not related. For an integer  
> number
> modulus is related to the rest of quotient. For a complex one it is
> a norm: for z = a+bi is |z| = sqrt{a^2+b^2}. As you see both  
> definitions
> have not relationship.
>
> Manel