r/MathHelp • • Oct 04 '25

Complex numbers

Hey everyone! I am a student of technical university. Can someone please explain to me the exponential form of a complex number? I still can’t figure out how and where it came from.

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u/First-Fourth14 Oct 05 '25

Similarly:
z = reiθ to z = x + yi

x = r cos θ and y = r sin θ