The real() command outputs a complex number (doesn't appear to change it).
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I want to evaluate the real part of some eigenvalues, but real(eigen) just returns eigen (isreal(real(eigen) returns 0).
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Stephen23
on 21 Jan 2023
Edited: Stephen23
on 21 Jan 2023
Why do you imagine that ISREAL() can be applied to symbolic variables? It is not listed as a function of the symbolic toolbox:
and the ISREAL() documentation clearly states that it checks "whether array uses complex storage", i.e. it checks for something that is purely a characteristic of numeric arrays and has nothing to do with symbolic mathematics. See:
In contrast, REAL() is a function of the symbolic toolbox, and works exactly as described:
Paul
on 21 Jan 2023
Edited: Paul
on 21 Jan 2023
Just because a function is not listed as a function of the symbolic toolbox in its documentation does not mean that function can't be applied to a sym variable. We can further break this situation down into two cases.
First, functions that are not methods of the syms class, but work fine on sym objects because the underlying code in the function all works on sym. The function dot is a good example
x = sym('x',[1 3])
dot(x,x)
Second, some methods of the sym class (at least one, I can't say for sure more than one) are just not documented. For example, exp is a sym method, but is (shockingly, IMO) not listed as a function of the symbolic toolbox on that linked page.
exp(x)
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