Relative phases of complex numbers #
The deformation construction must choose a real lift of the argument of a
complex charge. relativePhase w α is the unique lift in (α - 1, α + 1].
Keeping this branch-control layer independent of categories makes the later
stability-condition deformation API depend on an owner-controlled analytic
primitive rather than the retained package.
The lift of the phase of w whose branch is centred at α.
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The relative phase lies on its selected branch.
Polar reconstruction using the selected relative phase.
Negating a nonzero charge and moving the branch centre by one shifts its relative phase by one.
Moving the branch centre by a full period moves the phase by that period.
Relative phase is independent of the branch centre once one chosen lift also lies on the other branch.