Sign[Arg[z]] == Sign[ArcTan[Re[z], Im[z]]]

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<math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML' mathematica:form='TraditionalForm' xmlns:mathematica='http://www.wolfram.com/XML/'> <semantics> <mrow> <mrow> <mi> sgn </mi> <mo> &#8289; </mo> <mo> ( </mo> <mrow> <mi> arg </mi> <mo> &#8289; </mo> <mo> ( </mo> <mi> z </mi> <mo> ) </mo> </mrow> <mo> ) </mo> </mrow> <mo> &#10869; </mo> <mrow> <mi> sgn </mi> <mo> &#8289; </mo> <mo> ( </mo> <mrow> <msup> <mi> tan </mi> <mrow> <mo> - </mo> <mn> 1 </mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo> ( </mo> <mrow> <mrow> <mi> Re </mi> <mo> &#8289; </mo> <mo> ( </mo> <mi> z </mi> <mo> ) </mo> </mrow> <mo> , </mo> <mrow> <mi> Im </mi> <mo> &#8289; </mo> <mo> ( </mo> <mi> z </mi> <mo> ) </mo> </mrow> </mrow> <mo> ) </mo> </mrow> <mo> ) </mo> </mrow> </mrow> <annotation-xml encoding='MathML-Content'> <apply> <eq /> <apply> <ci> Sign </ci> <apply> <arg /> <ci> z </ci> </apply> </apply> <apply> <ci> Sign </ci> <apply> <arctan /> <apply> <real /> <ci> z </ci> </apply> <apply> <imaginary /> <ci> z </ci> </apply> </apply> </apply> </apply> </annotation-xml> </semantics> </math>

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2007-05-02