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ComplexArrayPlot[array]
generates a plot in which complex values zij in an array array are shown in a discrete array of squares with Arg[zij] indicated by color and Abs[zij] by shading.
Details and OptionsGive explicit color directives to specify colors for individual cells:
Use a standard blend as a color function:
Scope (14) Data (8)By default, colors change with argument from (cyan) to (red) to (cyan):
By default, colors are lighter for complex numbers with larger moduli:
Unknown, symbolic or missing values are shown dark red:
Specify explicit colors for cells:
Plot a ragged array, padding on the right:
Cells with value None are rendered like the background:
Presentation (6)Use shading schemes like ComplexPlot:
Choose a color function and a shading scheme:
Options (71) AspectRatio (4)By default, the ratio of the height to width for the plot is determined automatically:
Use numerical value to specify the height to width ratio:
Make the height the same as the width with AspectRatio1:
AspectRatioFull adjusts the height and width to tightly fit inside other constructs:
Axes (4)By default, ComplexArrayPlot uses a frame instead of axes:
Use AxesOrigin to specify where the axes intersect:
Turn each axis on individually:
AxesLabel (3)No axes labels are drawn by default:
AxesOrigin (2)The position of the axes is determined automatically:
Specify an explicit origin for the axes:
AxesStyle (4)Specify a style for each axis:
Use different styles for the ticks and the axes:
Use different styles for the labels and the axes:
Background (4)Background is normally visible only around the edges:
The background "shows through" whenever an explicit entry is None:
Background also by default shows through for values outside the plot range:
ClippingStyle overrides background color:
ClippingStyle (3)The default is to show values of with values outside the plot range in the background color:
Show values outside the plot range in red:
Show low values in black and high values in red:
ColorFunction (9)By default, complex values are colored by Arg[z] and shaded by Abs[z]:
Turn off the shading based on Abs[z]:
Map modulus values from 0 to 1 onto colors according to Hue:
Use a pure function as the color function:
Use a named color gradient from ColorData:
Specify a color function and a shading scheme:
With ColorFunctionScalingTrue, the values are first scaled to lie between 0 and 1:
Use a color function that colors complex values by Re[z], Im[z], Abs[z] or Arg[z]:
ColorFunctionScaling (3)By default, values are scaled to lie between 0 to 1 before applying the color function:
Choose to not scale the argument prior to applying the color function:
Some color functions are not cyclic so the colors only change in a small band:
ColorRules (6)Specify color rules for explicit values:
Specify color rules for patterns:
ColorFunction is used if no color rules apply:
The array can contain symbolic values:
Implement a "default color" by adding a rule for _:
Rules are used in the order given:
DataRange (5)By default, data is plotted at integer coordinates:
Specify a range for the data with a pair of complex numbers:
Specify the bottom-left corner of the data range:
Specify the top-right corner of the data range:
DataReversed (4)The frame ticks give the original row numbers:
Reverse the order of rows and columns:
Epilog (3)Use Epilog to superimpose other graphics:
Epilog uses the standard Graphics coordinate system:
The graphics can be translucent:
MaxPlotPoints (1)Use MaxPlotPoints to limit the number of elements explicitly plotted in each direction:
Mesh (4)Insert mesh lines between all cells:
Insert 1 row mesh line and 3 column mesh lines:
Insert mesh lines around the first 4 columns:
Specify styles for the mesh lines:
MeshStyle (2)Style the row lines differently than the column lines:
PlotLegends (5)Generate a legend automatically:
PlotLegends automatically picks up a named ColorFunction:
PlotLegends does not pick up a user-defined ColorFunction, but the user can still construct an appropriate legend:
Use Placed to change the location of the legend:
PlotRange (4)Plot values of for which 1≤Abs[z]≤2:
Plot values of for which Abs[z]≤2:
The first two entries in PlotRange specify the range of rows and columns to include:
PlotTheme (1)Use a theme with detailed ticks and a legend:
Move the legend below the plot:
Applications (18) Fourier Transforms (6)Generate a pure discrete two-dimensional sinusoid:
Compute the two-dimensional Fourier transform:
Display the original data and its Fourier transform. In the second plot, the bright square in row 4 and column 6 (measured from the top-left corner) tells us that the corresponding frequencies are 3 and 5, respectively:
Generate a linear combination of discrete sinusoids:
Identify the component frequencies in the Fourier transform:
Display two-dimensional data and its Fourier transform:
Use ColorRules to threshold a Fourier transform:
Display only the top-left quarter of the Fourier transform:
Model the intensity of light diffracted by a small circular aperture:
Display the diffraction pattern and its Fourier transform:
Create data and modify it by shifting the columns left:
The magnitude of Fourier transforms are graphed, but that does not reveal potentially useful phase information. Observe the extra information in the middle plot:
Note the change in the ComplexArrayPlot and the lack of change in the ArrayPlot of the Fourier transform:
Matrix Representations (3)Plot a sparse matrix with complex entries:
Plot a random complex-valued matrix:
Visually verify that the matrix is diagonalized:
Visualize the matrices in a matrix factorization:
Visually compare Kronecker products:
Basins of Attraction (2)Define a complex valued function with roots at 1, ±2π /3:
Compute the corresponding Newton map:
Compute approximations to the roots of for various starting values:
Display the basins of attraction:
Define a complex-valued function with an infinite number of roots, ,:
Compute the corresponding Newton map:
Note that the roots only have three distinct argument values, and :
Compute approximations to the roots of for various starting values:
Display the basins of attraction, using shading to highlight the dependence on the modulus of the roots:
Define a complex-valued function with roots at 1, ±2π /3:
Newton's method has quadratic convergence, but Halley's method has cubic convergence:
Compute approximations to the roots of for various starting values:
Display the basins of attraction for Halley's method:
Matrix Spectra (2)Display eigenvalues from a two-parameter family of matrices:
The ϵ-pseudospectrum of the matrix is the set of values in the complex plane for which the norm of (m-λ I)-1 is greater than . Graph the ϵ-pseudospectra for ϵ=1,1/2,1/4,1/8,1/16,1/32 and note the eigenvalues at the white dots:
If the largest eigenvalue is used instead of the norm of (m-λ I)-1, then argument information can be added:
Make a plot similar to an ϵ-pseudospectral plot:
Make a graph similar to a spectral portrait:
Iterated Systems (3)Visualize complex cellular automata:
Compute iterates of a complex-valued function:
Display the data on a width of 10:
The iterates appear to converge for a different constant:
Iterates are periodic for carefully chosen constants:
Let be the logistic function with a complex coefficient . Consider the sequence , for . Approximate the values of for which is unbounded and visualize the region:
Miscellaneous (2)Highlight Gaussian primes in black:
Highlight the purely real and purely imaginary entries in black and gray, respectively:
Properties & Relations (5) Wolfram Research (2020), ComplexArrayPlot, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ComplexArrayPlot.html. TextWolfram Research (2020), ComplexArrayPlot, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ComplexArrayPlot.html.
CMSWolfram Language. 2020. "ComplexArrayPlot." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ComplexArrayPlot.html.
APAWolfram Language. (2020). ComplexArrayPlot. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ComplexArrayPlot.html
BibTeX@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_complexarrayplot, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ComplexArrayPlot}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ComplexArrayPlot.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX@online{reference.wolfram_2025_complexarrayplot, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ComplexArrayPlot}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ComplexArrayPlot.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}
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