Why does Sage say the norm of a complex number a+b*I is a^2+b^2?
sage: norm(1+2*I)
5
In MMA:
In[1]:= Norm[1+2*I]
Out[1]= Sqrt[5]
Wikipedia and mathworld both agree that the norm should be sqrt(5)
(i.e., the square root of the number times its conjugate).
Note that abs() seems right:
sage: abs(1+2*I)
sqrt(5)
Thanks,
Jason
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