Week 16 02 Term 2013

Learning Brief
Unit Goals

SME3 Vectors and Complex Numbers

Goals

recognise and perform operations with complex numbers in various forms find powers and roots of complex numbers, and explore geometric patterns which may result solve polynomial equations over the complex numbers represent complex numbers, curves and regions in the complex plane

This Week De Moivres theorem, roots of unity and complex square roots.

Theoretical Components
Resources: PDF file: Complex Numbers PDF Page 39 - 45 Text book references: Maths Quest Specialist Mathematics Chapter 3G YouTube Videos: As linked in the PDF file.

Practical Components
Practice and Consolidation 21 (in PDF file) Practice and Consolidation 22 (in PDF file) Practice and Consolidation 23 (in PDF file) Practice and Consolidation 24 (text book references) Activity 2 Activity 3 Activity 4 Challenge 8

Knowledge Checklist: Know and work with de Moivres theorem Prove trigonometric identities using de Moivres theorem Solve complex roots of unity Solve square roots of complex numbers
Remember to work through the notes in the order it is presented including where you watch movies, attempt questions play with online tools. This is developed especially to increase your conceptual understanding of the topics.

Investigation
Get the investigation off investigation file Fractals Part 6

QFO
Quiz/Forum/Other

Make sure you have completed the quiz from Week 11, the Activity for Week 12, the Quiz from week 13, the forum from Week 14, quiz from Week 15.
This week there is an activity, see Erin to complete it.