Is there a name for this type of plot? (function on complex plane vs time shown in 3D)

3.6k Views Asked by anon At 05 May 2026 - 12:05

I'm just looking for a name for this type of plot, which is time vs real part vs imaginary part shown as a space curve.

Complex exponential:

complex sinusoid

Used to explain chirplets:

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Complex Morlet wavelet shown this way:

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instead of being shown as two plots:

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the original 1998 source of which just calls them "complex analytical vibration signatures".