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APPENDIX |
Complex Numbers
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Many ofthe problemstowhich mathematics sapped imolve the solution of eqeatons
‘Over the centuries the number system bad to be expanded many times t provide
solutions for more and more kinds of equations. The natural mmbers
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ace imadequate forthe soations of equations ofthe form
xtnem —(mneny
Zexo and negative numbers can be added ta create the integers
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in which tht equation hs the solution x = — n even ifm
Angi v3 +1
Ang(=1 = 20 =
Saf
or + ten712)
Remark it: = x + yi and Retz) = > 0, then Arg(z) = tan 'Iy/x). Many
computer spreadsheets and mathematical sofware packages implementa two-variable
cian function denoted atin2¢x, 9) which gives the polar anglof Cx) inthe terval
(ox eh This,
Acg(x $34) = atanx, 9)
Given the modulus r = Jw_and any value of the argument @ = ang (w) of complex.
number w = a + bi, we havea = r cos und b = rsin8, so w can be expressed in
ecms of iis modulus and argumeat as
w= rcost +ir sind.
‘The expression on the right side is called the polar representation of:
‘The conjugateor complex conjugate of acomplex number tw = a4 bi issnother
complex number, denoted 1, given by
W=0-bi
EXAMPLE 2
eel”
Observe hat
Re (a) = Re(w)
Im (D) = mw)
DI = hol
ee
Inan Argand diagram the point isthe reflection of the point w inthe real axis, (See
Figure 14)
[Note that w is real (Im (w)
(Re (iw) = 0) if and only iF
Complex Arithmetic
Like real numbers. complex numbers can be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided.
‘Two complex numbers are added or subtracted as though they are two-dimensional
\estors witose components ate their ceal and imaginary pans,
ag (uw
0) ifand only it
w. (Here, w=
uw. Also, w is pure imaginary
bi ifw =a+6i)APPENDICT Couples Numbers ALS
‘The sum and difference of complex numbers
4 bi and 2 =
4 yi, where a, 6x, and y are real nonibers, then
In an Argan diagram the points w +z atd w —z are the points whose position vectors
sxe, respectively, the sum and difference of the position vectors of the points 2 and
5, (See Figure 15.) In particular, the complex number a + b¢ is the sum of the eal
numer a = a + OF and the pare imaginary number bi = 0-4 bi
Complex addition oheys the same rules as teal addition: if 1, way and wy ore
three complex numbers the following are easly verified
wy wr = we tw Adkition is commutative
(io) Hap wey = wy + (we 4 ey) Addition is associative
roy a] © wil + fel the triangle inequality
Figure 8 Complex numbecs we adel
ani subitacted vectosaly. Observe the Nore that funy — wal is the distance between the two points w; and win the complex
Paallelograms plane. Thus, the triangle inequality says that in the triangle with vertices wi, =w2 and
0, the lenge of one side is less than the sum of the axher wo,
It is also easily verified thatthe conjugate of a sum (or difference) is the sum (or
cifference) of the conjugates:
wtiew+e
Si, then
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EXAMPLE 3 NY
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2=4p += (Hi = =24 8
wee
tb) 842-2 HSAs
——eSesssssSsSsSssssSsSsSsssssMse?.
Multiplication of the complex numbers w = a+ bi and < =x + yi is cartied out by
formally meliplying the binomial expressions snc replacing 7? by 1
(eB + yf) = ax + avi t bei + byl
= (ax — by) + (ay + xii
‘The product of complex numbers
Im =a 4 bisnd 2 = 5 4 yi, where a, 6, and » ate ceal numbers, then
wz = (ax ~ by) + fay + bx)i
EXAMPLE €) 2430-2) = 2-44 WG = 8-1
(b) 16-49 = +51
(0) (a+ bia — Bi = abi + abi ~ 0 aa
reer: A ets...
Part (c) of the example above shows that the square of the modulus of a complex
‘number isthe product ofthat member with its complex conjugate
i aitAG APFENDI'T Comples Nurbers
Complex multiplication shares many properties with real maltiplication, In particular,
ifm), te2, and ws are complex numbers, then
yma = was ‘Maltplication is commutative.
(wiwa)uy = wi (wns) Multiplication is associative,
wj(we + us) =wiws + yyy Multiplication distributes over addition
Te conjugate of product isthe product of the conjugues:
‘To sec this, lel w =a + bi and
xt yi. Then
tw tboF
(ax ~ by) ~ fay + bx
= ba ~ y= WE,
It is pasticulsely easy to determine the product of complex numbers expressed in polar
form. I!
40088 +ésind) and sicosd + ising),
where
Jl. 6 = are Ge,
[cland @ = arg (z}, then
wz = rslcon8 +isind){coxd + ising)
r{(e0s0 cas — sind sing) + isin 8 cos + cos sind)
rs{cast# + 6)-+ isin +01).
(See Figure 1.6.) Since arguments are only determined up to integer multiples of 2,
we have proved that
‘The moduluy and argument of a product
wile) and arg (us) = arg (w) + ate (2)
“The second of hese equations says that the set arg (uz) consists ofall numbers 4.4.
‘whore # belongs to the set arg (w) and g to the set ary (2).
Figue 46 The argument ofa proeict is
the sum ofthe arguments ofthe Factors
More generally if 1, w ..., wi are complex numbers, chen
[pening == Wy] = [amma = al
arg (vi) + arg (ug) +++ arg tw,
arg (wis + wygue L
‘Molipiction by
‘correspond fo ctuntrclockwise rotation
by 9"
THEOREM
APPENDIX Complex ube AT
Moltptication of « complex number by é has a particularly simple geometsic ier:
pretation in an Argand diagram, Since lil = (and arg (?) = 2/2, eltiplication
of w = a + BF by i leaves the modulus of w unchanged but increases its argument
by 2/2. (See Figure 17.) Thus, multiplication by i rotates the position vector of w
counterclockwise by 90" about the origin,
Let ¢ = 0086+ isiné. Then |z| = | and are(z) = @. Since the modulus of
a product is the product of the moduli of dhe Factors and the argumeat of a preduct
Js the sum of the arguments of the factors, we have il" = 1 and arg 2")
8, This,
21 = cosmid + isin 8.
sand we have proved de Moivre’ Theorem,
de Molvre's Theorem
(c0s9 + isin)" = cost +i sinnd.
ne
Remark Much of che study of complex-valued functions of a complex variable is
beyond the scope of this book. However, in Apaendis LL we will inteoduce a complex
version of the exponential function having the following property: i'z =<-4iy (where
{and y are real), then
et = Fel = oF (cosy Hisiny)
“Thus the modulus of e* is €®€ and Im (zp isa value of arg (*). In this conte
Moivre’s Theorem jast says
fete,
EXAMPLE ERPS (1-407 inthe forma + bi
V7, and
Solution Since (1+ is%| = 11+ 48 = (V2
arg ((l +f)
Sa
arg (+8) = 2, we have
eatoas
(49° = AN3 (cor iain) <9
de Moivre’s Theorem can be used to generate trigonometric idemites for multiples of
‘an angie, For example, form = 2 we have
1087 9 — sin? # + 2 eos sind,
0828 +i sin 20
‘Thus, cos 24 = cos" @ — sin? 6, and sin 26 = 2sind eor6.
‘The reciprocal of the nonzero complex number w = a + bi can be calewated
bby multiplying the numerator and denominator of the reciprocal expression by the
conjugate of
1 a-bi ani
an @rbhey ER
Since fb] = lula arg (ao) = — arg (w). we have
arg (wyAB APPENDIKT Cones Numbers
“The quotient 2/w of two complex numbers = + bf is the prosuce
of and 1/1, s0
at yband w=
£87 _ (et yia—biy set yb+ tga)
wwe aoe aa
We have
‘The modulus and argument of a quotient
lal
Fy set ate (3) = a) ~ argc
“The set arg (:/1) consists of all numbers @ — 6 where 9 belongs tothe set arg (2) ane
po the set arg (w).
EXAMPLE 6 Simpiry @2*™ ana go) —
Tent
Solution
fy 2S 243M _S-3HOH IWS | I,
ti” nary eH ata
w — il-ivd Y34i V3 1,
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Atratvey, since [1+ iV3] = 2 and ag + iv
1 nom
‘quotient in (b) has modulos 5 and agument 5 — T
Roots of Complex Numbers
If. is @ positive real number, there are two distinct real numbers whose square is a.
‘These are usually deooted
VE (the positive square root ofa) and
< Vi tthe negative square mot of a}
Every nonzeto complex murier = = x + yi (where <7 ++ 9? > @) also has two square
roots: if my 3s a caraplex munber such that w} = 2, then a> = —ws also satisies
Again, we would like to single out one of these roots and call it
iz], $0 thatr > 0, Let = Arg(z). Thus = <8 =m. Since
uy
Lar
5 r(cose +isind),
the complen number
6 6
w= Vr (cos isin’
( 2* 2)
clearly satisfies w? = 2, We call this w the principal square roet of z and denote it
‘The two solutions ofthe equation 2? = z are, thas, w = Zand w = — JF.
Observe that the real part of «/@ is always non-negative, since cos(@/2) = 0 for