Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

APPENDIX H - Complex Numbers - H Exercises - Page A 64: 18

Answer

a) $\overline{z+w}=\overline{z}+\overline{w}$ b) $\overline{zw}=\overline{z} \cdot \overline{w}$ c) $\overline{z^n}=\overline{z}^{n}$

Work Step by Step

Let us consider that $z=a+bi; w=c+di$ a) $\overline{z+w}=\overline{(a+bi)+(c+di)}$ Re-write as: $\overline{z+w}=(a-bi)+(c-di)$ Thus, we get $\overline{z+w}=\overline{z}+\overline{w}$ b) $\overline{zw}=\overline{(a+bi)(c+di)}$ Re-write as: $\overline{zw}=ac-bd-bci-adi$ Thus, we get $\overline{zw}=\overline{z} \cdot \overline{w}$ c) We need to use De Movire's Theorem. we have $\overline{z^n}=\overline{r^n(\cos n \theta+i \sin n \theta}$ This implies that $\overline{z^n}=[r(\cos \theta-i \sin \theta)]^n$ Thus, we get $\overline{z^n}=\overline{z}^{n}$
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