Paper 1, Section I, A

Vectors and Matrices | Part IA, 2017

Consider z∈Cz \in \mathbb{C} with ∣z∣=1|z|=1 and arg⁡z=θ\arg z=\theta, where θ∈[0,π)\theta \in[0, \pi).

(a) Prove algebraically that the modulus of 1+z1+z is 2cos⁡12θ2 \cos \frac{1}{2} \theta and that the argument is 12θ\frac{1}{2} \theta. Obtain these results geometrically using the Argand diagram.

(b) Obtain corresponding results algebraically and geometrically for 1−z1-z.

Typos? Please submit corrections to this page on GitHub.