AS/1853/MATH1853/1

UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
MATH1853
Assignment 1 (Complex Numbers)
Due Date: 9 April 2014 (Thur) (16:00)
Please submit your assignment to the assignment box (4/F, Run Run Shaw Building)
1. Let z = 12 5i. Find z, |z| and Arg(z).
2. Rewrite the following quotient of two complex numbers into the form a + bi, with
a, b R:
1 + 2i

.
(1 3i)(1 2 3i)
3. Verify that each of the two numbers z = 1 2i satisfies the equation
z 2 + 2z + 5 = 0.
4. Let w be a root of the equation z 3 1 = 0. Find the value(s) of


2(w1999 + w2015 + w2049 ) 5 .
[Note: consider separately w = 1, w = 1.]
5. Find the set of complex numbers z such that
(
)
Re(z 2 ) + i Im z(1 + 2i) = 3 .
6. Decompose x5 1 into a product of three polynomials with real coecients. Show your
calculations.
[Hint: use roots of unity.]
7. Question from Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trigonometric_identities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_function
Given sin = (ei ei )/(2i), show that

)
(
sin1 x = i ln ix + 1 x2 .

Then show that

sinh1 (ix) = i sin1 x .