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Example Question #3 : Evaluate Powers Of Complex Numbers Using De Moivre's Theorem
Evaluate
First convert the complex number into polar form:
Since the real part is negative but the imaginary part is positive, the angle should be in quadrant II, so it is
We are evaluating
Using DeMoivre's Theorem:
DeMoivre's Theorem is
We apply it to our situation to get.
simplify and take the exponent
is coterminal with since it is an odd multiple of pi
Example Question #6 : Powers And Roots Of Complex Numbers
Use DeMoivre's Theorem to evaluate the expression .
First convert this complex number to polar form:
so
Since this number has positive real and imaginary parts, it is in quadrant I, so the angle is
So we are evaluating
Using DeMoivre's Theorem:
DeMoivre's Theorem is
We apply it to our situation to get.
Example Question #2 : Powers And Roots Of Complex Numbers
Evaluate:
First, convert this complex number to polar form.
Since the point has a positive real part and a negative imaginary part, it is located in quadrant IV, so the angle is .
This gives us
To evaluate, use DeMoivre's Theorem:
DeMoivre's Theorem is
We apply it to our situation to get.
simplifying
, is coterminal with since it is an even multiple of
Example Question #1 : Evaluate Powers Of Complex Numbers Using De Moivre's Theorem
First, convert the complex number to polar form:
Since both the real and the imaginary parts are positive, the angle is in quadrant I, so it is
This means we're evaluating
Using DeMoivre's Theorem:
DeMoivre's Theorem is
We apply it to our situation to get.
First, evaluate . We can split this into which is equivalent to
[We can re-write the middle exponent since is equivalent to ]
This comes to
Evaluating sine and cosine at is equivalent to evaluating them at since
This means our expression can be written as:
Example Question #1 : Find The Roots Of Complex Numbers
Evaluate , where is a natural number and is the complex number .
Note that,
Example Question #1 : Find The Roots Of Complex Numbers
What is the length of
?
We have
.
Hence,
.
Example Question #2 : Find The Roots Of Complex Numbers
Solve for (there may be more than one solution).
Solving that equation is equivalent to solving the roots of the polynomial .
Clearly, one of roots is 1.
Thus, we can factor the polynomial as
so that we solve for the roots of .
Using the quadratic equation, we solve for roots, which are .
This means the solutions to are
Example Question #4 : Find The Roots Of Complex Numbers
Recall that is just shorthand for when dealing with complex numbers in polar form.
Express in polar form.
First we recognize that we are trying to solve where .
Then we want to convert into polar form using,
and .
Then since De Moivre's theorem states,
if is an integer, we can say
.
Example Question #1 : Find The Roots Of Complex Numbers
Solve for (there may be more than one solution).
To solve for the roots, just set equal to zero and solve for z using the quadratic formula () : and now setting both and equal to zero we end up with the answers and
Example Question #5 : Find The Roots Of Complex Numbers
Compute
To solve this question, you must first derive a few values and convert the equation into exponential form: :
Now plug back into the original equation and solve:
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