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Showing posts with label square root complex numbers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label square root complex numbers. Show all posts

Saturday, September 27, 2008

to find the square root of a cormplex number

to find sqrt(3-4i)

let sqrt(3-4i)= x+iy

squaring 3-4i = x² -y² +2ixy

equating real parts , x² -y² =3
equating imaginary parts 2xy = -4

(x² +y²)² =(x² - y²)² + (2xy)² = 9 +16 = 25
therefore
(x² +y²) = 5 ----------(1)
also
x² -y² =3-----------(2)

(1) +(2) implies

2 x² = 8 or x² = 4 or x = ± 2
using 2xy = -4
if x=2 , y = -1
if x = -2 , y =1

so sqrt(3-4i) = 2-1 i or-2 + 1i


sqrt(3-4i) = ± (2- i )

some notes on complex numbers
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