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Imaginary
and Complex Numbers |
Exponentiation
and root extraction of complex numbers in the polar form |
Exponentiation
and root extraction of complex numbers examples
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Powers and roots of
complex numbers, use of de Moivre’s formulas |
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Exponentiation
and root extraction of complex numbers in the polar form - de
Moivre's formula |
We use the polar form
for exponentiation and root extraction of complex numbers that
are known as de Moivre's formulas. |
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zn
= rn · [cos(nj)
+ isin(nj)] |
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Exponentiation
and root extraction of complex numbers examples
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Example: |
Calculate |
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using de Moivre's
formula. |
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These complex numbers satisfy the equation z3
= -8
and by the Fundamental theorem of algebra, since this equation
is of degree 3, there must be 3 roots. |
Thus, for
example to check the root zk=2
we cube this solution, |
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then |
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Example: |
Calculate |
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r
= 64 and
j =
p |
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thus, |
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These complex numbers satisfy the equation z6
= -64
and by the Fundamental theorem of algebra, since this equation
is of degree 6, there must be 6 roots. |
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Example: |
Calculate |
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Example: |
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