What is Meaning of 3.3882e+004 -1.9521e+001i in Matlab?

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What does this number "3.3882e+004 -1.9521e+001i" means in Matlab?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '12 at 08:40

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That is a complex number with 3.3882e+004 real part and -1.9521e+001 imaginary part.

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answered Jun 19 '12 at 08:40

Igor Chubin

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and 3.3882e+004 is another way to write 33,882 (the other number is -19.521i) – Thilo Jun 19 '12 at 08:43
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@Thilo: Yes, thank you! *Scientific notation* so to say (more on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation ) – Igor Chubin Jun 19 '12 at 08:49
@Thilo:is there any way to get out such numbers and see more understandable ones? – cyo Jun 19 '12 at 09:10
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Yes, there is! See: http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/format.html But scientific notation is no so bad. You just need to get used to it. – Igor Chubin Jun 19 '12 at 10:07

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