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CLEP General Mathematics: Complex Numbers
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1. Equivalent to an Imaginary Unit.
zz*
Imaginary number
ln z
the vector (a -b)
2. Numbers on a numberline
cosh²y - sinh²y
integers
Argand diagram
Irrational Number
3. To prove that number field every algebraic equation in z with complex coefficients has a solution we need
4. Where the curvature of the graph changes
The Complex Numbers
0 if and only if a = b = 0
Polar Coordinates - Arg(z*)
point of inflection
5. One of the numbers ... --2 --1 - 0 - 1 - 2 - ....
i²
the complex numbers
Integers
How to add and subtract complex numbers (2-3i)-(4+6i)
6. zn = (cos? + isin?)n = cosn? + isinn? - For all integers n
7. V(x² + y²) = |z|
The Complex Numbers
'i'
Polar Coordinates - r
Absolute Value of a Complex Number
8. Complex Plane = i - Use the distance formula to determine the point's distance from zero - or - the absolute value.
the distance from z to the origin in the complex plane
complex
Absolute Value of a Complex Number
cos iy
9. A complex number may be taken to the power of another complex number.
four different numbers: i - -i - 1 - and -1.
Real Numbers
standard form of complex numbers
Complex Exponentiation
10. When you multiply two complex numbers a + bi and c + di FOIL the terms: (a + bi)(c + di) = (ac - bd) + (ad + bc)i
multiply the numerator and the denominator by the complex conjugate of the denominator.
Complex Addition
Any polynomial O(xn) - (n > 0)
multiplying complex numbers
11. When you subtract two complex numbers a + bi and c + di - you get the difference of the real parts and the difference of the imaginary parts: (a + bi) - (c + di) = (a - c) + (b - d)i
a real number: (a + bi)(a - bi) = a² + b²
subtracting complex numbers
z - z*
standard form of complex numbers
12. Rotates anticlockwise by p/2
integers
Complex Division
v(-1)
Polar Coordinates - Multiplication by i
13. 1
i^2
Real Numbers
complex numbers
rational
14. We see in this way that the distance between two points z and w in the complex plane is
|z-w|
e^(ln z)
Polar Coordinates - z
i^2
15. When two complex numbers are subtracted from one another.
How to add and subtract complex numbers (2-3i)-(4+6i)
Polar Coordinates - z?¹
Complex Subtraction
multiplying complex numbers
16. Root negative - has letter i
the vector (a -b)
Imaginary Unit
imaginary
Integers
17. Has the opposite sign of a complex number; the conjugate of a + bi is a - bi
i²
Imaginary Numbers
complex
conjugate
18. V(zz*) = v(a² + b²)
conjugate
cosh²y - sinh²y
cos z
|z| = mod(z)
19. I
z1 ^ (z2)
i^1
irrational
Polar Coordinates - Arg(z*)
20. A² + b² - real and non negative
e^(ln z)
For real a and b - a + bi = 0 if and only if a = b = 0
i^4
zz*
21. The reals are just the
conjugate
Imaginary Unit
subtracting complex numbers
x-axis in the complex plane
22. (a + bi)(c + bi) =
ac + bci + adi + bdi^2 =(ac - bc) + (bc + ad)i
has a solution.
Subfield
sin iy
23. Like pi
multiplying complex numbers
z - z*
transcendental
z1 / z2
24. A + bi
Polar Coordinates - r
standard form of complex numbers
conjugate
(a + bi) = (c + bi) = (a + c) + ( b + d)i
25. When two complex numbers are divided.
|z| = mod(z)
cosh²y - sinh²y
Complex Division
complex
26. When two complex numbers are added together.
Polar Coordinates - Multiplication by i
Polar Coordinates - sin?
integers
Complex Addition
27. The square root of -1.
a real number: (a + bi)(a - bi) = a² + b²
Imaginary Unit
Every complex number has the 'Standard Form': a + bi for some real a and b.
cos iy
28. For real a and b - a + bi =
0 if and only if a = b = 0
(a + bi) = (c + bi) = (a + c) + ( b + d)i
point of inflection
We say that c+di and c-di are complex conjugates.
29. In the same way that we think of real numbers as being points on a line - it is natural to identify a complex number z=a+ib with the point (a -b) in the cartesian plane.
Complex numbers are points in the plane
transcendental
ac + bci + adi + bdi^2 =(ac - bc) + (bc + ad)i
has a solution.
30. y / r
How to multiply complex nubers(2+i)(2i-3)
imaginary
Polar Coordinates - sin?
Every complex number has the 'Standard Form': a + bi for some real a and b.
31. Ln(r e^(i?)) = ln r + i(? + 2pn) - for all integers n
ln z
transcendental
Polar Coordinates - Multiplication
De Moivre's Theorem
32. 2a
|z| = mod(z)
conjugate pairs
z + z*
Polar Coordinates - Multiplication by i
33. x / r
integers
Liouville's Theorem -
Polar Coordinates - cos?
Polar Coordinates - Multiplication by i
34. Notice that rules 4 and 5 state that we complex numbers together - we can divide by c + di if c and d are not both zero. But there is a much easier way to do division.
35. 1
Polar Coordinates - Division
How to solve (2i+3)/(9-i)
Square Root
i²
36. The product of an imaginary number and its conjugate is
a real number: (a + bi)(a - bi) = a² + b²
Polar Coordinates - sin?
Complex Addition
i^3
37. A + bi = z1 c + di = z2 - addition: z1 + z2 = (a + bi) + (c + di) = (a + c) + (b + d)i subtraction: z1 - z2 = (a - c) + (b - d)i
Complex Numbers: Add & subtract
ln z
cosh²y - sinh²y
you write the square root as the product of square roots and simplify: v(-a) = v(-1)v(a) = iv(a)
38. To simplify the square root of a negative number
can't get out of the complex numbers by adding (or subtracting) or multiplying two
you write the square root as the product of square roots and simplify: v(-a) = v(-1)v(a) = iv(a)
|z-w|
Polar Coordinates - Arg(z*)
39. 2nd. Rule of Complex Arithmetic
40. To simplify a complex fraction
Real and Imaginary Parts
Square Root
multiply the numerator and the denominator by the complex conjugate of the denominator.
can't get out of the complex numbers by adding (or subtracting) or multiplying two
41. Starts at 1 - does not include 0
point of inflection
We say that c+di and c-di are complex conjugates.
z1 / z2
natural
42. Divide moduli and subtract arguments
Polar Coordinates - Division
has a solution.
0 if and only if a = b = 0
you write the square root as the product of square roots and simplify: v(-a) = v(-1)v(a) = iv(a)
43. Real and imaginary numbers
complex numbers
Roots of Unity
Subfield
-1
44. x + iy = r(cos? + isin?) = re^(i?)
Field
Polar Coordinates - z
complex numbers
Real Numbers
45. xpressions such as ``the complex number z'' - and ``the point z'' are now
Any polynomial O(xn) - (n > 0)
interchangeable
a + bi for some real a and b.
Complex Number
46. Not on the numberline
Complex Conjugate
cosh²y - sinh²y
x-axis in the complex plane
non-integers
47. Any set of elements that satisfies the field axioms for both addition and multiplication and is a commutative division algebra.
i^1
Irrational Number
0 if and only if a = b = 0
Field
48. We can also think of the point z= a+ ib as
the vector (a -b)
Any polynomial O(xn) - (n > 0)
i^1
Complex Conjugate
49. 4th. Rule of Complex Arithmetic
Complex Number
the distance from z to the origin in the complex plane
Complex Exponentiation
(a + bi) = (c + bi) = (a + c) + ( b + d)i
50. Have radical
i^2 = -1
Complex Multiplication
How to multiply complex nubers(2+i)(2i-3)
radicals