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This document provides an assignment for a Complex Analysis course with 7 questions and subquestions testing various concepts. Students must: 1) Find solutions to complex equations and express expressions in the form x + iy. 2) Express complex numbers in polar form rθ and rectangular form x + iy. 3) Prove properties of complex numbers including that zn + (z̄)n is real and |z| - |w| ≤ |z - w|. 4) Use De Moivre's formula and squaring to solve an equation. 5) Sketch sets of points defined by complex equations. 6) Use vectors to add and subtract complex numbers.

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Assignment 1

This document provides an assignment for a Complex Analysis course with 7 questions and subquestions testing various concepts. Students must: 1) Find solutions to complex equations and express expressions in the form x + iy. 2) Express complex numbers in polar form rθ and rectangular form x + iy. 3) Prove properties of complex numbers including that zn + (z̄)n is real and |z| - |w| ≤ |z - w|. 4) Use De Moivre's formula and squaring to solve an equation. 5) Sketch sets of points defined by complex equations. 6) Use vectors to add and subtract complex numbers.

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MATM 3714

Complex Analysis
Assignment 1

Deadline: 07 March 2018 at 10h00. No late assignment will be accepted


Marks: 50

QUESTION 1 By writing z = x + iy find all solutions of the following equations:

(a) z 2 = −5 + 12i. [3]


(b) z 2 + 4z + 12z − 6i = 0. [3]
QUESTION 2
Write the following expressions in the form x + iy, x, y ∈ R :

(a) (3 + 4i)2 [2]


1−5i
(b) 3i−1
[2]
(c) 5e3πi/4 + 2e−πi/6 [2]
√
(d) The root of z 2 + 32iz − 6i = 0. [3]
QUESTION 3

(a) Express
(1 − i)2 3
√ 2
3−i
in the form reiθ , r > 0, −π ≤ θ < π. [3]
(b) Express
5e3πi/4 + 2e−πi/6
in the form x + iy, where x, y ∈ R. [3]

QUESTION 4

(a) Let z 6= 0 be a complex number and n an integer. Show that z n + (z̄)n is a real
number [4]
(b) Given two complex z and w show that

||z| − |w|| ≤ |z − w|.

[5]

QUESTION 5 [4 marks]
√ 4 √
Show that 3 + i = −8 + i8 3

(a) by squaring twice. [2]

1
(b) by using De Moivre’s formula [(cos θ + sin θ)n = cos (nθ) + sin (nθ)]. [4]
QUESTION 6 [8 marks]
Sketch the sets of points determined by the following relations
(a) |z + 1 − 2i| = 2. [2]
(b) Im (z − 2i) > 6. [2]
(c) |z − i + 2| = |z + 2i − 1| [2]
(d) |z 2 − 1| < 1. [2]
QUESTION 7

(a) Locate z1 and z2 vectorially and use vectors to find z1 + z2 and z1 − z2 when
(i) z1 = −1 + 2i and z2 = −2 + 3i. [2]
√ √
(ii) z1 = 1 + i 3 and z2 = −1 + i 3. [2]
(b) Show that z1 z¯2 + z¯1 z2 is a real number.
(c) Let z, w ∈ C written in polar form as z = r (cos θ + i sin θ) and w = s (cos φ + i sin φ)
where r, s > 0 and θ, φ ∈ R. Compute zw and using formula for cos (θ + φ) and
sin (θ + φ) , show that arg zw = arg z + arg w. [3]

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