Editing Phase (waves) (section)

==Adding and comparing phases==
Since phases are angles, any whole full turns should usually be ignored when performing arithmetic operations on them. That is, the sum and difference of two phases (in degrees) should be computed by the formulas
<math display="block">360\,\left[\!\!\left[\frac{\alpha + \beta}{360}\right]\!\!\right]\quad\quad \text{ and } \quad\quad 360\,\left[\!\!\left[\frac{\alpha - \beta}{360}\right]\!\!\right]</math>
respectively. Thus, for example, the sum of phase angles {{nowrap|190° + 200°}} is 30° ({{nowrap|1=190 + 200 = 390}}, minus one full turn), and subtracting 50° from 30° gives a phase of 340° ({{nowrap|1=30 − 50 = −20}}, plus one full turn).

Similar formulas hold for radians, with <math>2\pi</math> instead of 360.