-----maxima-admin@math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
>I'm sure this has been asked before, but I want to know how best to
>evaluate the exponential function at a complex number in maxima,
>e.g. float(exp(%i)).
(%i1) float(rectform(exp(%i)));
(%O1) 0.8414709848078965*%i+0.54030230586813977
(%i2) float(rectform(exp(6 + 28*%i)));
(%O2) 109.29119532724191*%i-388.34292325591122
Barton