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016 Handout
October 27, 2005
Review on Complex numbers:

Complex Notation:

z = x + iy ; Re{z} = x , Im{z} = y

Q = f ( x) is equivalent to Q = f (Re{z})

Properties of eiz :

eiz − e −iz eiz + e −iz

sin z = cos z =

2i 2

−z
e −e
z
e + e− z
z

sinh z = cosh z =
2 2

sinh(iz) = i sin( z) sin(iz) = i sinh( z)

cosh(iz) = cos( z) cos(iz) = cosh( z)

e = cos z + i sin z
iz

z = x + iy = r (cos θ + i sin θ ) = reiθ

eiα = 1; for α = Real Constant

e z = e x+iy = e x eiy =
e x cos y + ie x sin y

Complex potential makes wave forces on bodies even easier to solve:

Aω kz
Wave Potential: φ ( x, z , t) = − e cos(kx − ωt)
k
⎧ Aω kz i ( kx −ωt ) ⎫
Real part of a complex Potential: φ ( x, z , t ) = Re ⎨− e e ⎬
⎩ k ⎭

OR

Aω kz
Wave Potential: φ ( x, z, t) = e sin(kx − ωt)
k
⎧ Aω kz i ( kx −ωt ) ⎫
Real part of a complex Potential: φ ( x, z, t ) = Re ⎨ e ie ⎬
⎩ k ⎭

Aω kz i ( kx −ωt ) Aω kz
Total Potential: ΦT ( x, z, t ) = e e = e {cos ( kx − ωt ) + i sin ( kx − ωt )}
k k
This total potential satisfies Laplace’s Equation as well.