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Faculty of Sciences
Department of Mathematics MAT207
Correction Assignment 1

Exercise 1.
1. Let δ be the square root of d. δ = α + iβ is a complex number such that
δ 2 = d.
It follows that
α2 − β 2 = Re(d) = 2 (1)
2αβ = Im(d) = −2 (2)
√
α2 + β 2 = 2 2 (3)

Using (1) and (3), we deduce that

√ √
q q
α=± 2 + 1 and β = ± 2 − 1.
From (2), we can see that α and β have different signs. Hence,
√ √ √ √
q q q q
δ1 = 2+1−i 2 − 1 and δ2 = − 2+1+i 2 − 1.

2. ∆ = 8 − 2(3 + i) = 2 − 2i. We already calculated the square roots of ∆ = d in the

previous part. It follows that
√ √ √ √ √ √
q q q q
z1 = −2 2 + 2+1−i 2 − 1 and z2 = −2 2 − 2+1+i 2 − 1.

Exercise 2.
π
1. −i = e−i 2 .
2. We write 1 + i tan α = ρeiθ . In this case,
r
p 1 1
ρ = 1 + tan2 α = 2
= ,
cos α cos α
since cos α > 0. In addition,
1
cos θ = 1 = cos α
cos α
tan α
sin θ = 1 = sin α
cos α
Hence, θ = α + 2kπ, k ∈ Z.
1 iα
1 + i tan α = e .
cos α
Similarly, we have that
1 −iα
1 − i tan α = e .
cos α
It follows that z = e2iα .

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π
3. e4iα = e−i 2 . Hence, 4α = − π2 + 2kπ yielding

π kπ
α=− + , k ∈ Z.
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Exercise 3.
1. Let δ = reiθ be a root of order 5 of z.
 5 √ √ π
reiθ = 64 3 + 64i = 128ei 6 .
5

√
5
√
It follows that r = 128 = 2 5 4 and
π 2kπ
θ= + , k ∈ {0, 1, 2, 3, 4} .
30 5
The set of all roots of order 5 of z is :
n √ π √ 13π √ 5π √ 37π √ 49π
o
δ1 = 2 4 ei 30 , δ2 = 2 4 ei 30 , δ3 = 2 4 ei 6 , δ4 = 2 4 ei 30 , δ5 = 2 4 ei 30 .
5 5 5 5 5

i i
2. 32δ 5 + i = 0 ⇐⇒ δ 5 = − 32 ⇐⇒ δ is a root of order 5 of the complex number − 32 .
Write δ = reiθ . We have that
π
 5 e−i 2
reiθ = .
32
1
It follows that r = 2 and

π 2kπ
θ=− + , k ∈ {0, 1, 2, 3, 4} .
10 5
The set of all roots of order 5 of z is :
 
1 −i π 1 i 3π 1 i 7π 1 i 11π 1 i 3π
δ1 = e 10 , δ2 = e 10 , δ3 = e 10 , δ4 = e 10 , δ5 = e 2 .
2 2 2 2 2