Complex Number Problem Sheet

Problem Sheet
1. Find the square root of .

Solution: Let . We can write in polar form as , where and

. Now, we have and . Thus, we can express as
. The square roots of are given by
. Substituting the values, we get
.

2. Find all complex solutions of the equation .

Solution: Let , where and are real numbers. Substituting this into the equation, we
get . Expanding and equating real and imaginary parts, we obtain two equations:
and . Solving these equations, we find that for either
or . For , we get . For , substituting in , we
get and . Thus, the complex solutions are z= , and .

3. Find the modulus and argument of the complex number .

Solution: The modulus of is given by . The argument of can be

found using the formula . Thus, .

Therefore, the modulus and argument of are and , respectively.

4. Find the complex conjugate of .

Solution: The complex conjugate of is given by changing the sign of the imaginary part.
Therefore, the complex conjugate of is .

5. Simplify the expression and write the result in the form .

Solution: To simplify the expression, we rationalize the denominator by multiplying the numerator
and denominator by the conjugate of the denominator, which is . Therefore,

Hence, the simplified form of the expression is .

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 6. Find all complex solutions of the equation .

Solution: Let . Substituting this into the equation, we have . This equation
can be factored as , giving us . Thus, we have . Taking square roots, we
obtain as the complex solutions. Therefore, the solutions to the given equation are .

7. Find the real values of for which the complex number is purely
imaginary.

Solution: A complex number is purely imaginary if its real part is zero. Therefore, we set the real
part of the given complex number equal to zero:

Hence, the real value of for which the complex number is purely imaginary is .

8. Given that , find the value of .

Solution: We have . To find the value of , we first compute :

Now, we can substitute this value into :

Hence, the value of is .

9. Find the values of for which the equation has exactly two distinct
solutions.

Solution: Let be a complex number. The equation represents the locus

of points that are at a distance from the point in the complex plane. To have exactly two
distinct solutions, this locus must be a circle with center and a positive radius . Therefore,
. Additionally, the distance between the center and any point on the circle must be
equal to . The distance formula gives us:

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Squaring both sides of the equation, we get:

This equation represents a circle centered at with radius . Therefore, for the equation
to have exactly two distinct solutions, must be positive.

10. Let be a complex number such that . Find the maximum possible value of
.

Solution: The equation represents the locus of points in the complex plane that are at a
distance of from the point . This is a circle centered at with radius . We want to find the
maximum possible value of , which represents the distance between and . In order to
maximize this distance, we need to find the point on the circle that is farthest away from . Since
the circle is centered at , the point on the circle that is farthest away from will lie on the line
passing through and . The midpoint of the line segment joining and is . Therefore, the
maximum value of is the distance between and the point on the circle that is farthest away
from . This distance is equal to the radius of the circle, which is . Hence, the maximum possible
value of is .

11. Which of the following complex numbers satisfy the equation ? (Select all that
apply)

1.
2.
3.
4.

Solution: To find the solutions of , we take the square root of both sides of the equation.
The square root of is . Therefore, the correct options are (a) and (b) .

12. Which of the following complex numbers are purely real? (Select all that apply)

1.
2.
3.
4.

Solution: A complex number is purely real if its imaginary part is zero. Therefore, the correct
options is (b)

13. For which values of and is the complex number a solution of the equation
? (Select all that apply)

1. ,
2. ,
3. ,
4. ,

Solution: Substituting into the equation , we get

. Simplifying this equation, we have .
Equating the real and imaginary parts, we obtain the following system of equations: ,
. Solving this system, we find that and . Therefore, the correct option is
(a) , .

14. Find all complex solutions of the equation .

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Solution: We know that . Substituting this expression into the equation, we
have . Multiplying both sides by 2, we get . Letting , this
equation becomes . Solving this quadratic equation, we find that . Now,
we can solve for by taking the natural logarithm of both sides of . Therefore, we have
, which gives us . Thus, the complex solutions of the equation are
and .

15. Let be complex numbers such that and . Prove

that .
Solution: We can rewrite as . Since
, the first term becomes zero. Therefore, we need to show that
. To prove this, we can use the fact that the sum of complex conjugates
is equal to the product of the conjugates, i.e., . Applying this property,
we have . Since , we have
. Hence, represents the sum of three complex numbers
on the unit circle, which means the sum lies on the real axis. Therefore,
. Thus, , and consequently,
.
16. Let be a complex number such that and . Determine the possible values
of .
Solution: We can write in polar form as , where is the argument of .
Since , we have . This implies that .
Substituting this expression into the equation , we get . The solutions
of this equation are , , , and , corresponding to the angles in the first and
second quadrants where . Therefore, the possible values of are ,
, , and .
17. If and are two complex numbers such that . Then
equals :
Solution: Say and
Then

Solving this we get or

So , and both can be both purely real or both are purely imaginary. In that case

18. The smallest positive number for which is

A) 4
B) 8
C) 12
D) 16
Solution:
Then n=4 is the minimum solution.
A)4

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