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Jan 13 2015 05:39pm
Describe this curve:

z(t) = e^{(1-i) * t} , [0 <= t <= 2*pi]

It is well known that z(t) = e^{i*t} is the unit circle, so how does messing with the exponent change things?
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Jan 13 2015 06:40pm
z(t) = exp(t)*exp(-i*t)
sounds like a spiral to me (increasing norm times the unit circle clockwise)
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