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Complex Number Loci in Mathematics

This document contains 31 multi-part math problems related to complex numbers and the Argand diagram. The problems involve topics like expressing complex numbers in the form X + iY, finding the loci of points on the Argand diagram given certain conditions, relating movements of points as one variable changes, and applying properties of complex numbers like modulus and argument. The document is authored by James Coroneos and provides resources for mathematics exercises.

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Complex Number Loci in Mathematics

This document contains 31 multi-part math problems related to complex numbers and the Argand diagram. The problems involve topics like expressing complex numbers in the form X + iY, finding the loci of points on the Argand diagram given certain conditions, relating movements of points as one variable changes, and applying properties of complex numbers like modulus and argument. The document is authored by James Coroneos and provides resources for mathematics exercises.

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NEW SOUTH WALES

Mathematics Extension 2
Exercise 12/67
by James Coroneos Coroneos*
1 1. If z = x + iy , express Z = z in the form X + iY (where X, Y are real). z Hence or otherwise, prove that if the point representing z on the Argand diagram describes a unit circle about the origin, then the point representing Z also describes a unit circle, and nd the centre of this circle. 1 2. Prove that if the ratio z z i is (a) purely imaginary, the point z lies on the circle whose centre is at the 1 point 2 (1 + i) and whose radius is 1/ 2. (b) real, the point z lies on the line through the points 1, i.

3. If |z | = 1, and Q represents the complex number Z , nd the locus of Z if (i) Z = 3z (ii) Z = z + 3 [Hint: start z = Z 3] (iii) Z = 4z + 9. 4. (i) Two points P, Q represent the complex numbers z , 2z + 3 + i respectively. If P moves on the circle |z | = k , how does Q move? z 4 the point repre(ii) If the real part of z 2i is zero, prove that the locus of senting z in the Argand diagram is a circle of radius 5.

1 5. If the argument of the complex number z z +1 is 4 , show that z lies on a xed circle whose centre is at the point representing i. z i z i z 2 6. Find the locus of z if (i) | z +2 | = 1 (ii) arg( z +2 ) = 2 (iii) | z +2 | 1 2 (iv) 2(z + z ) 5i(z z ) = 21 (v) zz (2+ i)z (2 i)z 4 (vi) arg( z z +2 ) = 0 (vii) |z + 3i|2 + |z 3i|2 = 90 (viii) |z 3 2i| = |z 2 + i|.

*Other resources by James Coroneos are available. Write to P.O. Box 25, Rose Bay, NSW, 2029, Australia, for a catalogue. Typeset by AMS-T EX. 1

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7. If z (w + 1) = w 1, show that as Z describes the y axis, W describes a circle with the origin as centre, and that, as Z describes the x axis, W describes the x axis also.
+2i 8. If w = 2ziz 1 , show that when z describes the circle |z | = 1 completely in one direction, then w describes the circle |w| = 1 completely in the other direction. 2+z 9. Two complex numbers z, Z are related by Z = 2 z . Show that as the point z describes the y axis from the negative end to the positive end, the point Z describes completely the circle x2 + y 2 = 1 in the counter-clockwise sense.

10. Given t is a real variable, nd the locus of the point z on the Argand diagram 4(1+it) 2+it 1+it such that (i) z = 2 it (ii) z = 3 + 1it (iii) z = 2i + 1it 11. If the point z moves on a semicircle, centre the origin and radius 2, in an anticlockwise direction from the point 2 to the point 2, nd the path traced by the point 1/z . 12. If (zz 1) is always real, show that the locus of the point representing z consists of the real axis and a circle. 13. Prove that if z lies on the circle x2 +y 2 = 1, the points representing Z = lie on an orthogonal line pair. 14. If P, Q represent the complex numbers z, Z and Z = of Q as P moves on the circle |z 3| = 3.
1 z 3 1+z 1z
2

+ 17 3 , nd the locus

) + i sin( + 23 ), 15. If is acute and z1 = cos + i sin , z2 = cos( + 23 ) + i sin( + 43 ), show that z3 = cos( + 43 (i) z1 , z2 , z3 are equally spaced around the unit circle. (ii) |z1 z2 | = |z2 z3 | = |z3 z1 | = 3 (iii) arg(z1 z3 ) = + 6

16. Obtain algebraically and geometrically, the complex numbers z which satisfy |z | = 15 and |z 4| = 13. 17. Determine the number z which satises the equations (i) |z + 3i| = | z + 5 2i| and |z 4i| = |z + 2i| simultaneously. (ii) |z 1| = 2 2, |z 1 i| = |z | simultaneously. 18. If z1 = r1 ei1 , z2 = r2 ei2 , show algebraically and geometrically, that 2 2 + r2 r1 r2 cos(1 2 ). |z1 z2 |2 = r1

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19. Investigate the loci given by |z |2 = 2 (z ) and |z |2 = 2 (z ). Show that they meet at right angles at each common point. 20. O, A, B are the points 0, 1, 1 + i respectively. If w = z 2 + 1, nd the path traced out by w as z traces out the triangle OAB . 21. If z = x + iy , w = u + iv are complex numbers and w = in the z plane on which (i) the real part of w is constant (ii) the imaginary part of w is constant.
2z 1+|z |2 ,

nd the curves

22. If z is a complex number whose imaginary part is non-zero, and z + 1/z is real, what is |z |? 23. z, w are complex numbers. Prove that if
i(w+z ) wz

is real, then |z | = |w|.

z 24. If z = cos + i sin and w = 1 1+z , show that the point representing w on the Argand diagram lies on the imaginary axis and nd its coordinates in terms of /2.

25. Prove that

|z |iz |z |+iz

= i(sec + tan ), where

(z ) = 0 and arg z = .

26. Two complex variables z and w are connected by the relation zw + z w +1 = 0. If z = 2 + ei , prove that w = 2 + i tan 2 , and describe the loci of the points z and w as varies from to + . 27. If z is a complex number for which |z | = 1 and arg z = , nd the values of 2 2 | 1 z 2 | and arg( 1z 2 ). {Assume 0 < < 2 } 28. On an Argand diagram, show the points P, Q corresponding to the complex numbers p = z1 + z2 , q = z1 z2 , where z1 , z2 are given complex numbers. Show that if O denotes the point corresponding to zero, and = , then |z1 | = |z2 | (i) if P OQ 2 (ii) if |OP | = |OQ|, then
2 z2 2 z1

is real and negative.

1+i 2+3i in an Argand 29. If is real, and the complex number 2+ i + 3+i is represented diagram by a point on the line x = y , show that = 5 21. 30. If z = 1 + cos 2 + i sin 2, where 2 2 , prove that |z | = 2 cos and arg z = . Describe the path traced out by the point z as varies from /2 to +/2.

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31. If A, B, P, Q are the four points (1, 0), (1, 0), (x, y ), (u, v ) respectivley; if 1 ], prove that |AQ| : |BQ| = x, y, u, v are real and u + iv = 1 2 [x + iy + (x + iy ) 2 2 AP : BP

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