IMPOWER

Returns a complex number in x + yi or x + yj text format raised to a power.

Syntax

IMPOWER(inumber,number)

Inumber is a complex number you want to raise to a power.

Number is the power to which you want to raise the complex number.

Remarks

• Use COMPLEX to convert real and imaginary coefficients into a complex number.
• If number is nonnumeric, IMPOWER returns the #VALUE! error value.
• Number can be an integer, fractional, or negative.
• A complex number raised to a power is calculated as follows:

  

  where:

  

  and:

  

  and:

  

Example

The example may be easier to understand if you copy it to a blank worksheet.

How to copy an example

1. Create a blank workbook or worksheet.
2. Select the example in the Help topic.

   Note Do not select the row or column headers.

   Selecting an example from Help

3. Press CTRL+C.
4. In the worksheet, select cell A1, and press CTRL+V.
5. To switch between viewing the results and viewing the formulas that return the results, press CTRL+` (grave accent), or on the Formulas tab, in the Formula Auditing group, click the Show Formulas button.

See also:

• COMPLEX
• Engineering functions
• IMAGINARY
• IMREAL
• IMSUM