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CLEP General Mathematics: Complex Numbers
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1. When two complex numbers are multipiled together.
Complex Multiplication
Complex Subtraction
-1
z + z*
2. x / r
Every complex number has the 'Standard Form': a + bi for some real a and b.
Polar Coordinates - cos?
radicals
multiplying complex numbers
3. When you multiply two complex numbers a + bi and c + di FOIL the terms: (a + bi)(c + di) = (ac - bd) + (ad + bc)i
non-integers
imaginary
-1
multiplying complex numbers
4. I = imaginary unit - i² = -1 or i = v-1
Complex Addition
Imaginary Numbers
For real a and b - a + bi = 0 if and only if a = b = 0
interchangeable
5. We see in this way that the distance between two points z and w in the complex plane is
Polar Coordinates - Division
Complex Conjugate
|z-w|
a real number: (a + bi)(a - bi) = a² + b²
6. E^(ln r) e^(i?) e^(2pin)
Affix
Complex Numbers: Add & subtract
i^1
e^(ln z)
7. The complex number z representing a+bi.
the complex numbers
radicals
Affix
non-integers
8. ? = -tan?
the distance from z to the origin in the complex plane
Real Numbers
Complex Addition
Polar Coordinates - Arg(z*)
9. xpressions such as ``the complex number z'' - and ``the point z'' are now
interchangeable
multiplying complex numbers
-1
integers
10. Complex Plane = i - Use the distance formula to determine the point's distance from zero - or - the absolute value.
Absolute Value of a Complex Number
z + z*
Liouville's Theorem -
Integers
11. For real a and b - a + bi =
i^2 = -1
0 if and only if a = b = 0
interchangeable
Polar Coordinates - Division
12. The modulus of the complex number z= a + ib now can be interpreted as
'i'
rational
zz*
the distance from z to the origin in the complex plane
13. The product of an imaginary number and its conjugate is
Complex Number
non-integers
a real number: (a + bi)(a - bi) = a² + b²
How to solve (2i+3)/(9-i)
14. No i
interchangeable
real
Real Numbers
Affix
15. What about dividing one complex number by another? Is the result another complex number? Let's ask the question in another way. If you are given four real numbers a -b -c and d - can you find two other real numbers x and y so that
We say that c+di and c-di are complex conjugates.
Complex Division
four different numbers: i - -i - 1 - and -1.
Complex Numbers: Add & subtract
16. Derives z = a+bi
Euler Formula
natural
Polar Coordinates - sin?
0 if and only if a = b = 0
17. If z= a+bi is a complex number and a and b are real - we say that a is the real part of z and that b is the imaginary part of z
The Complex Numbers
Field
Real and Imaginary Parts
v(-1)
18. V(x² + y²) = |z|
z1 / z2
e^(ln z)
Polar Coordinates - r
cos iy
19. Given (4-2i) the complex conjugate would be (4+2i)
Complex Exponentiation
Roots of Unity
Complex Conjugate
imaginary
20. 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.
21. A number that cannot be expressed as a fraction for any integer.
How to find any Power
cos z
Any polynomial O(xn) - (n > 0)
Irrational Number
22. Numbers on a numberline
cos z
integers
Polar Coordinates - z?¹
i^3
23. Cos n? + i sin n? (for all n integers)
(cos? +isin?)n
Euler's Formula
We say that c+di and c-di are complex conjugates.
integers
24. E^(i?) = cos? + isin? ; e^(ip) + 1 = 0
25. I^26/4= i^24 x i^2 =-1 so u divide the number by 4 and whatevers left over is the number that its equal to.
Complex Numbers: Multiply
How to find any Power
the complex numbers
Real and Imaginary Parts
26. Not on the numberline
non-integers
How to multiply complex nubers(2+i)(2i-3)
Complex Numbers: Add & subtract
radicals
27. R^2 = x
can't get out of the complex numbers by adding (or subtracting) or multiplying two
Polar Coordinates - Division
Square Root
the vector (a -b)
28. 1
can't get out of the complex numbers by adding (or subtracting) or multiplying two
i²
ac + bci + adi + bdi^2 =(ac - bc) + (bc + ad)i
x-axis in the complex plane
29. Any number not rational
i^2 = -1
Complex Exponentiation
|z-w|
irrational
30. Has exactly n roots by the fundamental theorem of algebra
the vector (a -b)
How to multiply complex nubers(2+i)(2i-3)
Imaginary Numbers
Any polynomial O(xn) - (n > 0)
31. When two complex numbers are divided.
Polar Coordinates - z?¹
Complex Division
i^2 = -1
cos iy
32. 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
irrational
complex
i^3
33. A subset within a field.
Polar Coordinates - z?¹
Subfield
Roots of Unity
Complex Numbers: Add & subtract
34. Divide moduli and subtract arguments
Real Numbers
|z-w|
Polar Coordinates - Division
interchangeable
35. 2nd. Rule of Complex Arithmetic
36. When you add two complex numbers a + bi and c + di - you get the sum of the real parts and the sum of the imaginary parts: (a + bi) + (c + di) = (a + c) + (b + d)i
z + z*
Polar Coordinates - cos?
zz*
adding complex numbers
37. 1st. Rule of Complex Arithmetic
transcendental
i^2 = -1
Imaginary Unit
|z| = mod(z)
38. A complex number may be taken to the power of another complex number.
subtracting complex numbers
Polar Coordinates - Arg(z*)
Complex Exponentiation
irrational
39. We consider the a real number x to be the complex number x+ 0i and in this way we can think of the real numbers as a subset of
the complex numbers
Absolute Value of a Complex Number
For real a and b - a + bi = 0 if and only if a = b = 0
Field
40. The square root of -1.
(cos? +isin?)n
cos iy
Complex Multiplication
Imaginary Unit
41. x + iy = r(cos? + isin?) = re^(i?)
cosh²y - sinh²y
'i'
Polar Coordinates - z
Complex Multiplication
42. Formula: z1 · z2 = (a + bi)(c + di) = ac +adi +cbi +bdi² = (ac - bd) + (ad +cb)i - when you multiply a complex number by its conjugate - you get a real number.
non-integers
v(-1)
Polar Coordinates - Arg(z*)
Complex Numbers: Multiply
43. Imaginary number
44. 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
Rational Number
subtracting complex numbers
We say that c+di and c-di are complex conjugates.
Polar Coordinates - Division
45. I
Polar Coordinates - Multiplication by i
rational
Complex Multiplication
v(-1)
46. It is an amazing fact that by adjoining the imaginary unit i to the real numbers we obtain a complete number field called
Real Numbers
multiplying complex numbers
The Complex Numbers
Any polynomial O(xn) - (n > 0)
47. 1
i^2
0 if and only if a = b = 0
i^2 = -1
How to find any Power
48. A number that can be expressed as a fraction p/q where q is not equal to 0.
The Complex Numbers
Rational Number
x-axis in the complex plane
(a + bi) = (c + bi) = (a + c) + ( b + d)i
49. A complex number and its conjugate
Irrational Number
i^1
z - z*
conjugate pairs
50. (e^(iz) - e^(-iz)) / 2i
Polar Coordinates - Division
-1
a + bi for some real a and b.
sin z