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2.1 Intro Duction to Complex Numbers

The document provides an overview of complex numbers, including the imaginary unit 𝑖, operations with complex numbers, and the concept of complex conjugates. It also explains the complex plane and offers exercises for simplifying powers of 𝑖 and solving related problems. The content is structured for educational purposes, likely for a mathematics course.

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2.1 Intro Duction to Complex Numbers

The document provides an overview of complex numbers, including the imaginary unit 𝑖, operations with complex numbers, and the concept of complex conjugates. It also explains the complex plane and offers exercises for simplifying powers of 𝑖 and solving related problems. The content is structured for educational purposes, likely for a mathematics course.

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Complex Numbers

Htoo Kyaw Hlaing


Instructor
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Contents

• The Imaginary Unit 𝒊


• Operations with Complex Numbers
• Complex Conjugate
• Roots of Negative Numbers
• Complex Plane
• Simplifying Power of 𝒊
The Imaginary Unit 𝒊
Operations with Complex Numbers
Operations with Complex Numbers

How do we multiply a complex number by a real number?

• Use the distributive property


• Simplify

𝑝 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑖 = (𝑎𝑝) + (𝑏𝑝)𝑖

Example: Find 4(2 + 5𝑖).


Operations with Complex Numbers
Complex Conjugate
Complex Conjugate
Roots of Negative Numbers
Complex Plane

Complex Plane

In the complex plane, the horizontal


axis is the real axis, and the vertical axis
is the imaginary axis.
Simplifying Power of 𝒊

Try to solve the following:

• 𝑖2
• 𝑖3
• 𝑖4
• 𝑖5
• 𝑖6
• 𝑖7
Simplifying Power of 𝒊
Evaluate the following:

1 1
• 11 −
𝑖 𝑖 21

(3+𝑖)2
•
(1+2𝑖)2

3+2𝑖
• + (4 + 3𝑖)
2+𝑖

2 2
Show that the solution of 𝑥 8 − 1 = 0 is + 𝑖.
2 2
Practice Sections

Exercise Set 1.4 - Page 146~147


All Even Number Problems

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