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<math>| e^{j \omega}|=|cos(\omega) + i*sin(\omega)|=\sqrt{cos(\omega)^2 +sin(\omega)^2}=1</math>
 
<math>| e^{j \omega}|=|cos(\omega) + i*sin(\omega)|=\sqrt{cos(\omega)^2 +sin(\omega)^2}=1</math>
  
:<span style="color:green">TA's comments: The point here is to use Euler's formula to write a complex exponential as a complex number. Then the norm(magnitude) and phase of this complex number can be easily computed.</span>
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:<span style="color:green">TA's comments: The point here is to use Euler's formula to write a complex exponential as a complex number. Then the norm(magnitude) and angle(phase) of this complex number can be easily computed.</span>
  
 
===Answer 3===
 
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Revision as of 05:17, 12 September 2011

What is the norm of a complex exponential?

After class today, a student asked me the following question:

$ \left| e^{j \omega} \right| = ? $

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Answer 1

By Euler's formular

$ e^{j \omega} = cos( \omega) + i*sin( \omega) $

hence,

$ \left| e^{j \omega} \right| = \left|cos( \omega) + i*sin( \omega) \right| = \sqrt{cos^2( \omega) + sin^2( \omega)} = 1 $

TA's comments: Is this true for all $ \omega \in R $? The answer is yes.

Answer 2

becasue: $ e^{jx} =cos(x)+ jsin(x) $

$ | e^{j \omega}|=|cos(\omega) + i*sin(\omega)|=\sqrt{cos(\omega)^2 +sin(\omega)^2}=1 $

TA's comments: The point here is to use Euler's formula to write a complex exponential as a complex number. Then the norm(magnitude) and angle(phase) of this complex number can be easily computed.

Answer 3

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