Re
Re[e]
finds the real part of e
.
Attributes[Re] := {Listable, NumericFunction, Protected}
Simple examples
In[1]:= Re[1] Out[1]= 1
In[2]:= Re[0.5] Out[2]= 0.5
In[3]:= Re[(2)/(3)] Out[3]= (2)/(3)
In[4]:= Re[2 + I] Out[4]= 2
In[5]:= Re[(1*E^(I*(Pi)/(4)))/(2)] Out[5]= (1)/(2*Sqrt[2])
In[6]:= Re[foo + 1] Out[6]= 1 + Re[foo]
In[7]:= Re[foo + 1 + bar] Out[7]= 1 + Re[foo + bar]
In[8]:= Re[foo + I] Out[8]= Re[foo]
In[9]:= Re[foo + I + bar] Out[9]= Re[foo + bar]
In[10]:= Re[(a)/(2)] Out[10]= (Re[a])/(2)