#Can't Find Electrical Engineering Symbol Definitions

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silent lion
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I found a text which talks about "the h operator", which is 1Ð120°. I'm guessing xÐy notation is just like (calculator) scientific notation (6.022E23), but with eⁱ as the base, but I've never seen it used before. I can't find anything else about either online.

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distant birch
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The complex number e^i, is a shorthand for the exponential function e^(ix). In simple terms it's a way of expressing a complex number, which is a number that can be represented by a real part and an imaginary part. The e^(i•x) is used in areas like trigonometry, calculus and signal processing

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In physics we always just use E as a 10

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For example you got 6.022E23

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That's just 6.022•10^23

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So just imagine it as a 10 square root with the digits behind it

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All our teachers use it too

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Let's say you got 9830E40

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It would be 9830•10^40

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It's used for very high numbers, I was confused about it too

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If u want me to explain it better I'll gladly try 😭I'm bad at explaining

silent lion
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Scientific notation is not part of my question, I guess I shouldn't have brought it up. My point is that I'm guessing 1Ð120° := 1 ⋅ e^(iτ/3), and my question is whether anyone has seen Ð used like that before.