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Math 411: Honours Complex Variables - University of Alberta

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8 CHAPTER 1. THE COMPLEX NUMBERS<br />

and the trigonometric angle sum formulae. Notice that<br />

(cosθ,sinθ)·(cosφ,sinφ) = (cosθcosφ−sinθsinφ,cosθsinφ+sinθcosφ)<br />

= (cos(θ+φ),sin(θ+φ)).<br />

Thatis, multiplication<strong>of</strong>2complexnumbersontheunitcirclex 2 +y 2 = 1corresponds<br />

to addition <strong>of</strong> their angles <strong>of</strong> inclination to the x axis. In particular, the mapping<br />

f(z) = z 2 doubles the angle <strong>of</strong> z = (x,y) and f(z) = z n multiplies the angle <strong>of</strong> z<br />

by n. These statements hold even if z lies on a circle <strong>of</strong> radius r �= 1:<br />

this is known as deMoivre’s Theorem.<br />

(rcosθ,rsinθ) n = r n (cosnθ,sinnθ);

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