Tutorial 3

Tutorial 3

1. Find the fourth roots of 1, and sketch these roots on the Argand plane.
2. Find the cube roots of 1, and sketch these roots on the Argand plane.
3. Find the square roots of i , and sketch these roots on the Argand plane.
4. Find the cube roots of i , and sketch these roots on the Argand plane.
5. Find the fifth roots of 1 + i , and sketch these roots on the Argand plane.
6. Find the sixth roots of 32 + 32 3i , and sketch these roots on the Argand plane.

7. Use De Moivre’s theorem to find all the values of the following.

14 15
(a)  – 16  (b) 1
14 13
(c) i (d)  1 – 3i 

2i 1  6
(f)  -----------
12
(e)  i – 1 
 1 + i

Sketch the subsets of the Argand plane represented by:

8. z = 1 9. z  1
10. z + 4 + i = 2 11. 2  z + 4 + i  4
 
12. arg  z  = – --- 13. – ---  arg  z   0
6 2

14. 2 Re z – Im z = 4 15. 2 Re z – Im z = 4 and – ---  arg  z   0
2
 
16. P.V. arg  z   --- 17. P.V. arg  z   and z  1 .
--
-
2 2

18. Sketch the subsets of the Argand plane represented by:

(a) z – 2 – 3i = 4

(b) Re z  Im z


(c) 0  arg  z   --- and z  1 .
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19. (a) Find all z  C which satisfy

z = 10 and Im  z  = 3Re  z  (give your answer(s) in Cartesian form.)

(b) Sketch the region of the Argand plane represented by z = 10 and

Im  z   3Re  z  (label the intercepts with the axes, and the point(s) where both

z = 10 and Im  z  = 3Re  z  ).

20. Sketch the region of the Argand plane represented by all z  C such that

1  Im(z   3 and 2  Re(z   4 .

21. Sketch the region of the Argand plane represented by 2  z – 5i  4 .

22. Sketch the following subsets of the complex plane on separate axes:
2
(a) P.V. arg(z  = ------ (b) z – 2 – i = 3
3

23. Describe the set of points z in the complex plane that satisfies each of the following.

(a) Imz = – 2 (b) z – 1 + i = 3

(c) 2z – i = 4 (d) z – 1 = z + i

(e) z = Rez + 2 (f) z = 3 z – 1

(g) Rez  4 (h) z – i  2

(i) z  6

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ANSWERS
1. Im
w 0 = cis0 = 1
w1
2 
w 1 = cis  ------ = cis  --- = i
 4  2

4 1
w 2 = cis  ------ = cis = – 1
w2 w0
4 Re
6 3
w 3 = cis  ------ = cis  ------ = – i
 4  2
w3

2. Im

w 0 = cis0 = 1
w1
2
w 1 = cis  ------
3 1 w0
4 Re
w 2 = cis  ------
 3

w2

3. Im


w 0 = cis  ---
 4 w0
1
5
w 1 = cis  ------ Re
 4

w1

Im

4. w 0 = cis  ---
 6
5
w 1 = cis  ------
w1 1 w0
 6
Re
9 3
w 2 = cis  ------ = cis  ------ = – i
6 2

w2

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5. 
cis  ------
1  10
w0 = 2
20 Im
9
cis  ------
1  10 w1
w1 = 2
20
17
cis  ---------
1  10 w2
w2 = 2 1  10
 20  2 w0

Re
25 5
cis  --------- = 2 cis  ------
1  10 1  10
w3 = 2
 20   4
w3
33
cis  ---------
1  10 w4
w4 = 2
20
6. Im
 7
w 0 = 2cis  ------  w 1 = 2cis  ------ w1
 18  18  w2

13 19
w 2 = 2cis  ---------  w 3 = 2cis  --------- 2
 18   18  w0

Re
25 31
w 4 = 2cis  ---------  w 5 = 2cis  ---------
 18   18  w3

w5
w4

 3 5 7
7. (a) 2cis --- 2cis ------ 2cis ------ 2cis ------
4 4 4 4

2 4 6 8
(b) 1 cis ------ cis ------ cis ------ cis ------
5 5 5 5

 5 9 13
(c) cis --- cis ------ cis ------ cis ---------
8 8 8 8

 5 11
(d) 3 2 cis  – ---  3 2 cis  ------  3 2 cis  ---------
 9  9  9 

3 11
(e) 4 2 cis  ------  4 2 cis  ---------
 8  8 

 3 17 25 11 41

(f) 12 2 cis  ------  12 2 cis  ------  12 2 cis  ---------  12 2 cis  ---------  12 2 cis  ---------  12 2 cis  ---------
 24  8  24   24   8   24 

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8. Im
1

-1 1 Re

-1

9. Im
1

-1 1 Re

-1

10.
Im

–4– 3 –4+ 3

–4–i Re

11.
–4+ 3 Im
–4– 3
The shaded region is the
region which was asked – 4 + 15
for. 4

2 Re
–1

– 4 – 15

–4–i

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12.
Im

Re

– ---
6

13.

The shaded region is the Im

region which we want.

Re

14.
Im

Re
2

-4

15.

Im

Re
2

-4

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16.
Im
The shaded region is the
region which we want.

Re

17.
Im
The shaded region is the
region which we want. 1

-1 1 Re

-1

18. (a)

Im
3+2 3

2 + 3i

4
Re

2– 7 2+ 7
3–2 3

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(b)

Im

y = x

Re

The shaded region

is the region we
want.
(c)

Im
The shaded region
1 is the region we
want.

Re
1


---
4

19. (a) z = – 1 – 3i or z = 1 + 3i
(b)
Im
10

1 + 3i

– 10

O
Re

– 1 – 3i

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20.
Im
O 1 2 3 4 5
Re
-1
-2
-3 The shaded region
-4 is the region we
want.
-5

21. Im

The shaded region

(including boundaries)
7 is the region we
want.
5

–4 –2 O 2 4 Re

22. (a)
Im

2
------
3
Re

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(b)
Im
1+ 5

2–2 2
2+i Re

2+2 2
1– 5

23. (a) horizontal line y = – 2

(b) circle, centre = 1 – i , radius = 3
i
(c) circle, centre = --- , radius =2
2
(d) perpendicular bisector of segment joining z = 1 and z = – i
2
(e) parabola y = 4  x + 1 
9 3
(f) circle, centre = --- , radius = ---
8 8
(g) half-plane consisting of all points on or to the right of the vertical line x = 4
(h) all points inside the circle with centre i and radius = 2 (boundary excluded)
(i) all points outside the circle z = 6

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