src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/complex/ComplexUtils.java

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package org.apache.commons.math.complex;

import org.apache.commons.math.MathRuntimeException;
import org.apache.commons.math.exception.util.LocalizedFormats;
import org.apache.commons.math.util.FastMath;

/**
 * Static implementations of common
 * {@link org.apache.commons.math.complex.Complex} utilities functions.
 *
 * @version $Revision: 990655 $ $Date: 2010-08-29 23:49:40 +0200 (dim. 29 août 2010) $
 */
public class ComplexUtils {

    /**
     * Default constructor.
     */
    private ComplexUtils() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Creates a complex number from the given polar representation.
     * <p>
     * The value returned is <code>r&middot;e<sup>i&middot;theta</sup></code>,
     * computed as <code>r&middot;cos(theta) + r&middot;sin(theta)i</code></p>
     * <p>
     * If either <code>r</code> or <code>theta</code> is NaN, or
     * <code>theta</code> is infinite, {@link Complex#NaN} is returned.</p>
     * <p>
     * If <code>r</code> is infinite and <code>theta</code> is finite,
     * infinite or NaN values may be returned in parts of the result, following
     * the rules for double arithmetic.<pre>
     * Examples:
     * <code>
     * polar2Complex(INFINITY, &pi;/4) = INFINITY + INFINITY i
     * polar2Complex(INFINITY, 0) = INFINITY + NaN i
     * polar2Complex(INFINITY, -&pi;/4) = INFINITY - INFINITY i
     * polar2Complex(INFINITY, 5&pi;/4) = -INFINITY - INFINITY i </code></pre></p>
     *
     * @param r the modulus of the complex number to create
     * @param theta  the argument of the complex number to create
     * @return <code>r&middot;e<sup>i&middot;theta</sup></code>
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException  if r is negative
     * @since 1.1
     */
    public static Complex polar2Complex(double r, double theta) {
        if (r < 0) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                  LocalizedFormats.NEGATIVE_COMPLEX_MODULE, r);
        }
        return new Complex(r * FastMath.cos(theta), r * FastMath.sin(theta));
    }

}