Activity 3.

October 7, 2019 M.C. Francisco Giles

Name _______________________________________________ID ___________

Directions

Answer the following questions. Answer the questions in order. Your solutions
must be responded on paper and handed in on Friday 22, March.
1. Describe in your own words the set of all complex numbers z that satisfy
𝑅𝑒(𝑧) ≥ 0. You may use a graph of the complex plane.

2. Do you think that real numbers are sufficient with respect to polynomials?

3. Describe in your own words the set of all complex numbers z that satisfy
[a] |𝑧| ≥ 0, [b]. |𝑧| < 2 You may use a graph of the complex plane.

4. What are the possible numbers z that satisfy 𝑅𝑒(𝑧) = 2 and |𝑧|=3

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5. Write the complex number 4∠ using the rectangular representation.
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6. What is the additive inverse of the complex number 4∠ 3 ?

7. For what complex numbers 𝑧1 and 𝑧2 , is Im (𝑧1 + 𝑧2 )= Im (𝑧1 )+Im(𝑧2 )

8. If 𝑧1 = 4.1 − 3.09𝑖 and 𝑧2 = 3.9 − 3.1𝑖 , is |𝑧1 − 𝑧2 | < 0.09 ?

9. Why (positive purely imaginary)x((positive purely imaginary)= positive real

numbers?
 10. Basic operations with complex numbers
(1) Simplify the following complex numbers (without using a calculator) and
express them in the form a  bi
2  3i 2  5i i 2  5i 2  i
 
1  2i 3  2i 2  3i 3i 3i

 2  3i 
 
2
(3  4i )(4  2i ) ( 3  2i ) 2 
i 1 i 3  3 i 
 5 i 

(2) Represent the following complex numbers In the polar form z  re i :

i 9 2  2 3i 5  5i

1  2i 3  4i 3  2i 1 3 i

(3) ‘Find the following roots and represent them as vertices of a regular
polygon:
z i
4

z 4  1  i
 (4) Given z  x  iy Expand the following and express them in the form
f ( z )  U ( x, y )  iV ( x, y ) :
f ( z)  z 2

f ( z)  z3

 
Re z 3 =  
Im z 3 =

1
z2
  1   1 
Re 2  = Im 2  =
z  z 