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    Complex Numbers

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    Watch comprehensive video reviews for Complex Numbers, designed for final exam preparation. Each video includes integrated problems you can solve alongside detailed solutions.

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    Expert Teaching: High-quality instruction from Perplex co-founder James Mullen with clear explanations, worked examples, and exam tips.

    Not your average video:

    Interactive Problems: Solve problems alongside the video with step-by-step guidance and detailed solutions.

    Exam Preparation: Complete unit reviews designed for final exam preparation with all key concepts covered systematically.

    Expert Teaching: High-quality instruction from Perplex co-founder James Mullen with clear explanations, worked examples, and exam tips.

    Cartesian formPolar formDe Moivre

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    Powers of complex numbers

    AHL AA 1.14

    Now that we know how to represent complex numbers in the form reiθ, we can understand De Moivre's Theorem, which gives us a shortcut to finding powers of complex numbers:

    z=reiθ⇒zn=(reiθ)n=rneinθ


    And since reiθ=rcisθ:

    [r(cosθ+isinθ)]n=(rcisθ)n=rneinθ=rncis(nθ)📖


    Example

    Find (1−i)6.


    First express 1−i in polar form:

    1−i=√2⋅cis(−4π​)


    So

    (1−i)6  ​=(√2)6⋅cis(−46π​) =8cis(−23π​)=8i​

    Powers of complex numbers

    AHL AA 1.14

    Now that we know how to represent complex numbers in the form reiθ, we can understand De Moivre's Theorem, which gives us a shortcut to finding powers of complex numbers:

    z=reiθ⇒zn=(reiθ)n=rneinθ


    And since reiθ=rcisθ:

    [r(cosθ+isinθ)]n=(rcisθ)n=rneinθ=rncis(nθ)📖


    Example

    Find (1−i)6.


    First express 1−i in polar form:

    1−i=√2⋅cis(−4π​)


    So

    (1−i)6  ​=(√2)6⋅cis(−46π​) =8cis(−23π​)=8i​
    Cartesian formPolar formDe Moivre