Assignment: Complex Numbers

Date: 04th Dec., 2009

Batch: X-1

1. If f (z ) is a polynomial in z such that when it is divided by z i and z i , the remainders are respectively
i and 1 i . Determine the remainder when f (z ) is divided by z 2 1 .
2. For any two complex numbers z1 and z 2 , prove that
(i)

z1

(ii)

z1 2 z 2 2 z1

z1 z 2

z1 2 z 2 2 z1 z 2 z1 z 2

1
( z1 z 2 )
2

z1 z 2

1
( z1 z 2 )
2

3. For complex numbers z and w, prove that

4. If

z 3i

z1 z 2

z w w z z w

if and only if

z w or , z w 1

, then prove that the complex number z also satisfies the inequality i ( z 1) 1 2

5. Solve the equation z 2

z 0,

where z is a complex number.

6. Find all non-zero complex numbers z satisfying

7. If n is a positive integer, prove that

z iz 2

Im( z n ) n Im( z ) z

n 1

8. Let z be a complex number such that z z 2, find the greatest and least values of
9. Prove that there is no complex number z such that z

n
1
and a r z r 1, where a r 2
3
r 1

10. Show that the equation of the line joining the complex numbers a and ib , where a, b R and

a, b 0

, is

i
i
1
1

z
1
2
a
2
b
2
a
2
b

11. The transformation w

z2
, where z i, w 1 maps the complex number z x iy onto the complex
zi

number w u iv . If the point representing w lies on the real axis, find the locus of z

12. If z1 and z 2 are two complex numbers representing consecutive vertices of a regular hexagon in
anticlockwise direction, the (i) find the complex number z 3 representing the vertex adjacent to z 2 . (ii) If z 0
is the circumcentre of the triangle formed by z1 , z 2 and z 3 , then find z 0 in terms of z1 and z 2
13. Show that the equation of a circle passing through the origin and having intercepts a and b on real and
imaginary axis resp. on the argand plane is given by z z a Re( z ) b Im( z )
14. Find all the points in the complex plane which satisfy the equations
arg( z 1 i )

log 5 z 3 log 5 z 1 1

and

15. Find the equation in complex variables of all the circles which are orthogonal to

z 1 and z 1 4