Phase plots of complex functions: a journey in illustration

MaRDI QIDQ3173627zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors E. Wegert, G. Semmler

Publication date 10 October 2011

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.2295

zbMATH Keywords

analytic functionphase plot

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Miscellaneous topics of analysis in the complex plane (30E99) Mathematics and visual arts (00A66)

Abstract: We propose to visualize complex (meromorphic) functions $f$ by their phase $P_f:=f/|f|$. Color--coding the points on the unit circle converts the function $P_f$ to an image (the phase plot of $f$), which represents the function directly on its domain. We discuss how special properties of $f$ are reflected by their phase plots and indicate several applications. In particular we reformulate a universality theorem for Riemann's Zeta function in the language of phase plots.

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• Mathematica
• Maple

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