Undergraduate Course in Mathematics

Complex Variables
Topic: Complex Numbers

Conducted By

Partho Sutra Dhor

Faculty, Mathematics and Natural Sciences
BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
The Real Number System

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Why Complex Numbers?

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Solving Quadratic Equations

Solve the equation 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 10 = 0

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Solving Cubic / The Cardano Formula

If 𝑥 3 = 3𝑝𝑥 + 2𝑞 then,
3 3
𝑥= 𝑞 + 𝑞2 − 𝑝3 + 𝑞 − 𝑞 2 − 𝑝3

Solve the equation 𝑥 3 − 15𝑥 − 4 = 0

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What is ‘i’

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Complex Numbers Notation

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Is 5 a complex number or Real number?

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Graphical Representation of Complex Numbers

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Operations between Complex Numbers

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Complex Conjugate

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Properties of Conjugate

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Modulus

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Properties of Modulus

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Examples of Modulus

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Arguments and Principal Argument

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Arguments Formulae

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Properties of Arguments

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Examples of Arguments

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Polar Form of Complex Numbers

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Euler’s Formula

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Finding Square Roots

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Find the square root of −15 − 8𝑖

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Finding 𝒏𝒕𝒉 Roots using Polar form and Euler’s Formula

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Find all the 4th roots of the complex number 16

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Find all the cube roots of unity

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De Moivre’s Theorem

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Prove the De Moivre’s Theorem

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Graphing Region Problems

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Graph the Lines
i) 𝒁 = 𝟐
ii) 𝒛 − 𝟐𝒊 = 𝟑
𝒛−𝟑
iii) 𝒛+𝟑
=𝟐

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Graph the Regions
𝒛−𝟑
i) 𝒛+𝟑
>𝟐
𝒛−𝟑
ii) 𝒛+𝟑
<𝟐

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Linear Algebra