Re: [boost] definition of complex norm

From: Gabriel Dos Reis (Gabriel.Dos-Reis_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-02 11:00:24

Luis Pedro Coelho <deepblack9_at_[hidden]> writes:

| I suppose you meant sqr(x) = x * x.
| 
| This number above sqr(real(z)) + sqr (imag(z)) is indeed useful, but it is 
| not the usual norm, it is the square of the usual norm. Call it norm_squared 
| or even norm2 to avoid misunderstandings.

I completely agree with you, but the C++ committees decided otherwise :-((

-- Gaby