Complex numbers are complexing

• Feb 17th 2013, 03:11 PM
M670
Complex numbers are complexing
There are only two complex arithmetic problems on this set, since you have seen complex numbers before. This one is a little involved, however. You may want to make judicious use of a calculator or a symbol manipulation language like Maple. Of course there is a reason for the fancy real and imaginary parts, and your final expression for http://webwork.mathstat.concordia.ca...84c1362ba1.png will tell you that reason.
I don't have maple but I figured out z=.309016 and then all my other answer where wrong? but if my z=0.309016 can I not just square and cube it and some on?
• Feb 17th 2013, 04:04 PM
Prove It
Re: Complex numbers are complexing
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Originally Posted by M670
There are only two complex arithmetic problems on this set, since you have seen complex numbers before. This one is a little involved, however. You may want to make judicious use of a calculator or a symbol manipulation language like Maple. Of course there is a reason for the fancy real and imaginary parts, and your final expression for http://webwork.mathstat.concordia.ca...84c1362ba1.png will tell you that reason.
I don't have maple but I figured out z=.309016 and then all my other answer where wrong? but if my z=0.309016 can I not just square and cube it and some on?

How could z possibly be 0.309016? You know that z is complex (and in fact, already have z), what makes you think it is real?

I expect you are supposed to put z into a polar form so you can evaluate \displaystyle \begin{align*} z^5 \end{align*} using DeMoivre's Theorem. From there it might be easier to evaluate the other powers of z.
• Feb 17th 2013, 04:41 PM
M670
Re: Complex numbers are complexing
Sorry the real part of Z was 0.309016 but the Imaginary part I didn't get it right
• Feb 17th 2013, 05:01 PM
Plato
Re: Complex numbers are complexing
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Originally Posted by M670
There are only two complex arithmetic problems on this set, since you have seen complex numbers before. http://webwork.mathstat.concordia.ca...84c1362ba1.png will tell you that reason.
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http://webwork.mathstat.concordia.ca...4388ddbf91.png
Enter the following powers of http://webwork.mathstat.concordia.ca...e5e2513fe1.png in the standard form of a complex number:

This is really interesting question.

You can show that $|z|=1$

Using a computer algebra system, I can see that $z^5=1$.
But I do not know how to do it 'by hand'.

Some way we must show that $\text{Arg}(z)=\left(\frac{2\pi}{5}\right)$. But I have no clue how.
• Feb 17th 2013, 07:17 PM
M670
Re: Complex numbers are complexing
Why would they ask such a complicated question ....lol
• Feb 17th 2013, 07:23 PM
M670
Re: Complex numbers are complexing
can I not solve it by z=a+bi then (a+bi)(a+bi) to get z^2
• Feb 17th 2013, 08:01 PM
M670
Re: Complex numbers are complexing
Does this need to be solved by using De Moivre Theorem ?
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Originally Posted by Plato
This is really interesting question.

You can show that $|z|=1$

Using a computer algebra system, I can see that $z^5=1$.
But I do not know how to do it 'by hand'.

Some way we must show that $\text{Arg}(z)=\left(\frac{2\pi}{5}\right)$. But I have no clue how.

• Feb 17th 2013, 08:07 PM
Plato
Re: Complex numbers are complexing
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Originally Posted by M670
Does this need to be solved by using De Moivre Theorem ?

Well, the answer to that is clearly yes.
But I have absolutely no idea how to get $\frac{2\pi}{5}$ out of the given.

It is not hard to show that $|z|=1$.