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A FIRST COURSE IN LINEAR ALGEBRA An Open Text by Ken Kuttler Complex Numbers - Polar Form Lecture Notes by Karen Seyffarth∗ Adapted by LYRYX SERVICE COURSE SOLUTION ∗ Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Complex Numbers - Polar Form Page 1/11 Complex Numbers in Polar Form √ Suppose z = a + bi, and let r = |z| = a2 + b 2 . Then r is the distance from z to the origin. Denote by θ the angle that the line through 0 and z makes with the positive x-axis (measured clockwise). y z = a + bi r b θ 0 a x Then θ is an angle defined by cos θ = ar and sin θ = br , so z = r cos θ + r sin θi = r (cos θ + i sin θ). θ is called an argument of z, and is denoted arg z. Complex Numbers - Polar Form Polar Form Page 2/11 Definition (Polar Form of a Complex Number) Let z be a complex number with |z| = r and arg z = θ. Then z = re iθ = r (cos θ + i sin θ) is called a a polar form of z. Since arg z is not unique, we do not write the polar form of z. Definition Let z be a complex number with |z| = r . The principal argument of z is the unique angle θ = arg z (measured in radians) such that −π < θ ≤ π. Example Let z = 1. To convert z to polar form, we need to find r and θ so that 1 = re iθ . √ 2 Now r = |z| = 1 = 1, and θ = 0 is an argument for z = 1. However, we may also write 1 = e 2πi , 1 = e −2πi , e 4πi , e 6πi , . . . Since sine and cosine have periodicity 2π, we may add (or subtract) multiples of 2π to any argument. Complex Numbers - Polar Form Polar Form Page 3/11 Example (Converting to Polar Form) √ Let z =√−2 + 2 3i. To convert z to polar form, we need to find r and θ so that −2 + 2 3i = re iθ . Since r = |z|, q p √ √ r = (−2)2 + (2 3)2 = 4 + 4(3) = 16 = 4. √ There are two approaches to finding an argument, θ. One is to graph −2 + 2 3 in the complex plane. y √ (−2, 2 3) √ 2 3 θ 4 2 0 x The √ triangle sitting on the negative half of the real axis has sides of length 2, 2 3, and 4; you should recognize this as a right triangle whose other two angles measure π3 and π6 . From this, we see that θ = 2π 3 is an argument of z. Therefore, z can be written in polar form as z = 4e i(2π/3) . Complex Numbers - Polar Form Polar Form Page 4/11 Example (Converting to Polar Form – continued) √ The other approach to finding an argument, θ, for z = −2 + 2 3i is as follows. We’ve already calculated |z| = r = 4. By definition, θ is an angle satisfying √ √ 1 2 3 3 −2 = − and sin θ = = . cos θ = 2 4 2 4 By graphing the point (− 12 , be written in polar form as √ 3 2 ), we again determine that θ = z = 4e i(2π/3) . Complex Numbers - Polar Form Polar Form Page 5/11 2π 3 , and thus z can Exercises Convert each of the following complex numbers to polar form. 1 2 3 4 3i = 3e (π/2)i . √ √ −1 − i = 2e −(3π/4)i = 2e (5π/4)i . √ 3 − i = 2e −(π/6)i . √ √ 3 + 3i =2 3e (π/3)i . Complex Numbers - Polar Form Polar Form Page 6/11 Converting from Polar Form to Cartesian form Problem Let z = 2e 2πi/3 . Write z in the form z = a + bi (this is called Cartesian form or Standard form). Solution First, remember that e iθ = cos θ + i sin θ, and thus e 2πi/3 = cos(2π/3) + i sin(2π/3) √ 1 3 = − +i . 2 2 Therefore z = 2e Complex Numbers - Polar Form 2πi/3 √ ! 1 3 = 2 − +i 2 3 √ = −1 + 3i. Polar Form Page 7/11 Exercises Express each of the following complex numbers in Cartesian form. 1 2 3 3e −πi = −3 √ √ 2e 3πi/4 = − 2 + i 2 √ √ 2 3e −2πi/6 = 3 − 3i Complex Numbers - Polar Form Polar Form Page 8/11 Multiplication - again! Problems involving multiplication of complex numbers can often be solved more easily by using polar forms of the complex numbers. Theorem If z1 = r1 e iθ1 and z2 = r2 e iθ2 are complex numbers, then z1 z2 = r1 r2 e i(θ1 +θ2 ) Theorem (De Moivre’s Theorem) If θ is any angle and n is a positive integer, n e iθ = e inθ . As an immediate consequence of De Moivre’s Theorem, we have that for any real number r > 0 and any positive integer n, (re iθ )n = r n e inθ . Complex Numbers - Polar Form Polar Form Page 9/11 Problem √ Express (1 − i)6 ( 3 + i)3 in the form a + bi. Solution Let z = 1 − i = compute z 6 w 3 . √ 2e −πi/4 and w = √ 3 + i = 2e πi/6 . We want to √ z 6 w 3 = ( 2e −πi/4 )6 (2e πi/6 )3 = (23 e −6πi/4 )(23 e 3πi/6 ) = (8e −3πi/2 )(8e πi/2 ) = 64e −πi = 64e πi = 64(cos π + i sin π) = −64. Complex Numbers - Polar Form Polar Form Page 10/11 Problem Express 1 2 √ 3 2 i − 17 in the form a + bi. Solution Let z = 1 2 √ − 3 2 i = e −πi/3 . Then z 17 = e −πi/3 17 = e −17πi/3 = e πi/3 π π = cos + i sin 3√ 3 1 3 = + i. 2 2 Complex Numbers - Polar Form Polar Form Page 11/11