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Sum, product and quotient in cartesian and modulus-argument forms. Complex conjugate numbers. Representation of complex numbers on an Argand diagram. De Moivre’s theorem with simple applications to trigonometric identities and the roots of a number. The relation

$${e^{i\theta }} = \cos \,\theta + i\sin \,\theta $$

and its use in the rotation of vectors. Simple loci including |z − a| = k |z − b | and arg (za) − arg (zb) = θ.

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© 1991 B. Haines and R. Haines

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Haines, B., Haines, R. (1991). Complex Numbers. In: Work Out Pure Mathematics A-Level. Macmillan Work Out Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12136-6_19

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