Argand diagram
An Argand diagram is the graphical representation of complex numbers
written in polar coordinates. For example, if is a complex number, then can be written as , where is the length of considered as a vector , with , and is the value such that , and can be interpreted as the angle makes with the -axis. The Argand diagram of is thus
Argand is the name of Jean-Robert Argand, the Frenchman who is credited with the geometric interpretation of thecomplex numbers http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/ history/Mathematicians/Argand.html[Biography]