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FP2 Chapter 3 – Further Complex Numbers

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OVERVIEW

This chapter is divided up into two main sections.

You are pretty much guaranteed one exam question on each of the two halves:

 

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Im[z]

Re[z]

 

 

RECAP :: Modulus-Argument Form

 

 

 

 

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RECAP :: Modulus-Argument Form

Mod-arg form

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Exponential Form

 

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Exponential Form

 

You need to be able to convert to and from exponential form.

Mod-arg form

Exp Form

 

Notice this is not a principal argument.

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To get Cartesian form, put in modulus-argument form first.

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A Final Example

 

 

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Exercise 3A

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Multiplying and Dividing Complex Numbers

FP1 recap:

 

i.e. If you multiply two complex numbers, you multiply the moduli and add the arguments, and if you divide them, you divide the moduli and subtract the arguments.

 

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Examples

 

 

 

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Test Your Understanding

 

FP2 June 2013 Q2

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Exercise 3B

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De Moivre’s Theorem

We saw that:

 

 

 

They so went there...

FP2 June 2013 Q4

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Secret Alternative Way

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De Moivre’s Theorem for Exponential Form

 

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Examples

 

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Exercise 3C

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Applications of de Moivre #1: Trig identities

 

 

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Applications of de Moivre #1: Trig identities

 

 

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Test Your Understanding

 

FP2 June 2011 Q7

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Notice how the powers descend by 2 each time.

Starting point?

Using identities below.

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Bro Speed Tip: Remember that terms in such an expansion oscillate between positive and negative.

Again using identities.

Starting point?

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Test Your Understanding

 

 

 

Starting point?

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Exercise 3D

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Applications of de Moivre #2: Roots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plot these roots on an Argand diagram.

 

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Applications of de Moivre #2: Roots

 

 

 

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Test Your Understanding

 

FP2 June 2012 Q3

 

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Exercise 3E

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Chapter 3 Part II – Locus of Points

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Loci

You have already encountered loci in FP1 as a set of points which satisfy some restriction.

For example, the definition of a parabola:

A set of points equidistant from a line (the directrix) and a point (the focus).

We often want to find an equation which defines the set of points or the opposite.

 

 

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On quick reminder…

 

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Find the Cartesian equation of this locus.

 

 

Find modulus and square both sides.

Group by real/imaginary.

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Note that both sides were squared.

Equation ?

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Test Your Understanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argand Diagram ?

Equation ?

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Equation ?

Argand Diagram ?

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Test Your Understanding

 

FP2 June 2012 Q8a

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This bit is important. The locus is referred to as a ‘half line’.

 

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How could we find the centre of the circle?

Angle at centre will be double. Resulting triangle will need to be isosceles as radius of circle is constant.

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Another Example

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Another Example

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exercise 3F

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Regions

How would you describe each of the following in words? Therefore draw each of the regions on an Argand diagram.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An intersection of the three other regions.

(I couldn’t be bothered to draw this. Sorry)

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Test Your Understanding

 

P6 June 2003 Q4(i)(b)

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Transformations

 

Enlargement followed by translation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEP 4: Substitute using original equation.

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More Difficult Example

 

 

 

 

STEP 4: Substitute using original equation.

 

 

 

 

STEP 5: Subsequent manipulation to put in form we recognise the loci of.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Test Your Understanding

 

FP2 June 2009 Q6

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STEP 4: Substitute using original equation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A slightly different one

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exercise 3H

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Summary

Euler’s relation and de Moivre’s theorem/applications

(this is a screenshot from the official specification)

 

Loci/Transformations

 

You’ve been asked to prove these before in exams.