Mappings in the Complex Plane

Written by Paul Bourke
July 1997


The following illustrates the general form of various mappings in the complex plane. The mappings are applied to part of a unit disk centered at the origin as shown on the left hand side. The circle is filled with rays from the origin and arcs centered about the origin. A series of coloured rays further illustrate the mapping orientation.


z

exp(z)

z

log(z)

z

sqrt(z)

z

asin(z)

z

acos(z)

z

atan(z)

z

sin(z)

z

cos(z)

z

tan(z)

z

sinh(z)

z

cosh(z)

z

tanh(z)

z

z2

z

z2 + z

z

1 / (z + 1)

z

(z - 1) / (z + 1)

z

(z2 - 1) / (z2 + 1)

z

(z - a) / (z + b)

z

(z2 + z - 1) / (z2 + z + 1)

z

(z2 + z + 1) / (z + 1)


Mapping software written by myself, interface using the FORMs library, rendering with GeomView, conducted on a SGI Indigo-2.