Complex Numbers and the Complex Exponential
1. Complex numbers
The equation x2
+ 1 = 0 has no solutions, because for any real number x the square
x2
is nonnegative, and so x2
+ 1 can never be less than 1. In spite of this it turns out to
be very useful to assume that there is a number i for which one has
(1) i2
= −1.
Any complex number is then an expression of the form a + bi, where a and b are old-
fashioned real numbers. The number a is called the real part of a + bi, and b is called its
imaginary part.
Traditionally the letters z and w are used to stand for complex numbers.
Since any complex number is specified by two real numbers one can visualize them
by plotting a point with coordinates (a, b) in the plane for a complex number a + bi. The
plane in which one plot these complex numbers is called the Complex plane, or Argand
plane.
z = a + bi
a = Re(z)
b = Im(z)
θ = arg zr = |z| =
√ a
2 + b2
Figure 1. A complex number.
You can add, multiply and divide complex numbers. Here’s how:
To add (subtract) z = a + bi and w = c + di
z + w = (a + bi) + (c + di) = (a + c) + (b + d)i,
z − w = (a + bi) − (c + di) = (a − c) + (b − d)i.
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To multiply z and w proceed as follows:
zw = (a + bi)(c + di)
= a(c + di) + bi(c + di)
= ac + adi + bci + bdi2
= (ac − bd) + (ad + bc)i
where we have use the defining property i2
= −1 to get rid of i2
.
To divide two complex numbers one always uses the following trick.
a + bi
c + di
=
a + bi
c + di
·
c − di
c − di
=
(a + bi)(c − di)
(c + di)(c − di)
Now
(c + di)(c − di) = c2
− (di)2
= c2
− d2
i2
= c2
+ d2
,
so
a + bi
c + di
=
(ac + bd) + (bc − ad)i
c2 + d2
=
ac + bd
c2 + d2
+
bc − ad
c2 + d2
i
Obviously you do not want to memorize this formula: instead you remember the trick,
i.e. to divide c + di into a + bi you multiply numerator and denominator with c − di.
For any complex number w = c+di the number c−di is called its complex conjugate.
Notation:
w = c + di, ¯w = c − di.
A frequently used property of the complex conjugate is the following formula
(2) w ¯w = (c + di)(c − di) = c2
− (di)2
= c2
+ d2
.
The following notation is used for the real and imaginary parts of a complex number
z. If z = a + bi then
a = the Real Part of z = Re(z), b = the Imaginary Part of z = Im(z).
Note that both Rez and Imz are real numbers. A common mistake is to say that Imz = bi.
The “i” should not be there.
2. Argument and Absolute Value
For any given complex number z = a+bi one defines the absolute value or modulus
to be
|z| = a2 + b2,
so |z| is the distance from the origin to the point z in the complex plane (see figure 1).
The angle θ is called the argument of the complex number z. Notation:
arg z = θ.
The argument is defined in an ambiguous way: it is only defined up to a multiple of
2π. E.g. the argument of −1 could be π, or −π, or 3π, or, etc. In general one says
arg(−1) = π + 2kπ, where k may be any integer.
From trigonometry one sees that for any complex number z = a + bi one has
a = |z| cos θ, and b = |z| sin θ,
so that
|z| = |z| cos θ + i|z| sin θ = |z| cos θ + i sin θ .
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and
tan θ =
sin θ
cos θ
=
b
a
.
2.1. Example: Find argument and absolute value of z = 2 + i. Solution:
|z| =
√
22 + 12 =
√
5. z lies in the first quadrant so its argument θ is an angle between 0
and π/2. From tan θ = 1
2
we then conclude arg(2 + i) = θ = arctan
1
2
.
3. Geometry of Arithmetic
Since we can picture complex numbers as points in the complex plane, we can also
try to visualize the arithmetic operations “addition” and “multiplication.” To add z and
a
b
c
d
z
w
z + w
Figure 2. Addition of z = a + bi and w = c + di
w one forms the parallelogram with the origin, z and w as vertices. The fourth vertex
then is z + w. See figure 2.
z = a + bi
iz = −b + ai
Figure 3. Multiplication of a + bi by i.
To understand multiplication we first look at multiplication with i. If z = a + bi then
iz = i(a + bi) = ia + bi2
= ai − b = −b + ai.
Thus, to form iz from the complex number z one rotates z counterclockwise by 90 degrees.
See figure 3.
If a is any real number, then multiplication of w = c + di by a gives
aw = ac + adi,
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−2z
−z
z
2z
3z
Figure 4. Multiplication of a real and a complex number
so aw points in the same direction, but is a times as far away from the origin. If a < 0
then aw points in the opposite direction. See figure 4.
Next, to multiply z = a + bi and w = c + di we write the product as
zw = (a + bi)w = aw + biw.
Figure 5 shows a + bi on the right. On the left, the complex number w was first drawn,
iw
w
aw
aw+biw
a
a+bi
biw
θ
θ
ϕ
b
Figure 5. Multiplication of two complex numbers
then aw was drawn. Subsequently iw and biw were constructed, and finally zw = aw+biw
was drawn by adding aw and biw.
One sees from figure 5 that since iw is perpendicular to w, the line segment from 0
to biw is perpendicular to the segment from 0 to aw. Therefore the larger shaded triangle
on the left is a right triangle. The length of the adjacent side is a|w|, and the length of
the opposite side is b|w|. The ratio of these two lengths is a : b, which is the same as for
the shaded right triangle on the right, so we conclude that these two triangles are similar.
The triangle on the left is |w| times as large as the triangle on the right. The two
angles marked θ are equal.
Since |zw| is the length of the hypothenuse of the shaded triangle on the left, it is |w|
times the hypothenuse of the triangle on the right, i.e. |zw| = |w| · |z|.
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The argument of zw is the angle θ + ϕ; since θ = arg z and ϕ = arg w we get the
following two formulas
|zw| = |z| · |w|(3)
arg(zw) = arg z + arg w,(4)
in other words,
when you multiply complex numbers, their lengths get multiplied
and their arguments get added.
4. Applications in Trigonometry
4.1. Unit length complex numbers. For any θ the number z = cos θ + i sin θ has
length 1: it lies on the unit circle. Its argument is arg z = θ. Conversely, any complex
number on the unit circle is of the form cos φ + i sin φ, where φ is its argument.
4.2. The Addition Formulas for Sine & Cosine. For any two angles θ and φ one
can multiply z = cos θ+i sin θ and w = cos φ+isin φ. The product zw is a complex number
of absolute value |zw| = |z|·|w| = 1·1, and with argument arg(zw) = arg z+arg w = θ+φ.
So zw lies on the unit circle and must be cos(θ + φ) + i sin(θ + φ). Thus we have
(5) (cos θ + i sin θ)(cos φ + i sin φ) = cos(θ + φ) + i sin(θ + φ).
By multiplying out the Left Hand Side we get
(cos θ + i sin θ)(cos φ + i sin φ) = cos θ cos φ − sin θ sin φ(6)
+ i(sin θ cos φ + cos θ sin φ).
Compare the Right Hand Sides of (5) and (6), and you get the addition formulas for Sine
and Cosine:
cos(θ + φ) = cos θ cos φ − sin θ sin φ
sin(θ + φ) = sin θ cos φ + cos θ sin φ
4.3. De Moivre’s formula. For any complex number z the argument of its square
z2
is arg(z2
) = arg(z · z) = arg z + arg z = 2 arg z. The argument of its cube is arg z3
=
arg(z · z2
) = arg(z) + arg z2
= arg z + 2 arg z = 3 arg z. Continuing like this one finds that
(7) arg zn
= n arg z
for any integer n.
Applying this to z = cos θ + i sin θ you find that zn
is a number with absolute value
|zn
| = |z|n
= 1n
= 1, and argument n arg z = nθ. Hence zn
= cos nθ + i sin nθ. So we
have found
(8) (cos θ + i sin θ)n
= cos nθ + i sin nθ.
This is de Moivre’s formula.
For instance, for n = 2 this tells us that
cos 2θ + i sin 2θ = (cos θ + i sin θ)2
= cos2
θ − sin2
θ + 2i cos θ sin θ.
Comparing real and imaginary parts on left and right hand sides this gives you the double
angle formulas cos θ = cos2
θ − sin2
θ and sin 2θ = 2 sin θ cos θ.
For n = 3 you get, using the Binomial Theorem, or Pascal’s triangle,
(cos θ + i sin θ)3
= cos3
θ + 3i cos2
θ sin θ + 3i2
cos θ sin2
θ + i3
sin3
θ
= cos3
θ − 3 cos θ sin2
θ + i(3 cos2
θ sin θ − sin3
θ)
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so that
cos 3θ = cos3
θ − 3 cos θ sin2
θ
and
sin 3θ = cos2
θ sin θ − sin3
θ.
In this way it is fairly easy to write down similar formulas for sin 4θ, sin 5θ, etc.. . .
5. Calculus of complex valued functions
A complex valued function on some interval I = (a, b) ⊆ R is a function f : I → C.
Such a function can be written as in terms of its real and imaginary parts,
(9) f(x) = u(x) + iv(x),
in which u, v : I → R are two real valued functions.
One defines limits of complex valued functions in terms of limits of their real and
imaginary parts. Thus we say that
lim
x→x0
f(x) = L
if f(x) = u(x) + iv(x), L = A + iB, and both
lim
x→x0
u(x) = A and lim
x→x1
v(x) = B
hold. From this definition one can prove that the usual limit theorems also apply to
complex valued functions.
5.1. Theorem. If limx→x0 f(x) = L and limx→x0 g(x) = M, then one has
lim
x→x0
f(x) ± g(x) = L ± M,
lim
x→x0
f(x)g(x) = LM,
lim
x→x0
f(x)
g(x)
=
L
M
, provided M = 0.
The derivative of a complex valued function f(x) = u(x)+iv(x) is defined by simply
differentiating its real and imaginary parts:
(10) f (x) = u (x) + iv (x).
Again, one finds that the sum,product and quotient rules also hold for complex valued
functions.
5.2. Theorem. If f, g : I → C are complex valued functions which are differentiable
at some x0 ∈ I, then the functions f±g, fg and f/g are differentiable (assuming g(x0) = 0
in the case of the quotient.) One has
(f ± g) (x0) = f (x0) ± g (x0)
(fg) (x0) = f (x0)g(x0) + f(x0)g (x0)
f
g
(x0) =
f (x0)g(x0) − f(x0)g (x0)
g(x0)2
Note that the chain rule does not appear in this list! See problem 29 for more about the
chain rule.
6. The Complex Exponential Function
We finally give a definition of ea+bi
. First we consider the case a = 0:
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1
eiθ
= cos θ + i sin θ
θ
Figure 6. Euler’s definition of eiθ
6.1. Definition. For any real number t we set
eit
= cos t + i sin t.
See Figure 6.
6.2. Example. eπi
= cos π + i sin π = −1. This leads to Euler’s famous formula
eπi
+ 1 = 0,
which combines the five most basic quantities in mathematics: e, π, i, 1, and 0.
Reasons why the definition 6.1 seems a good definition.
Reason 1. We haven’t defined eit
before and we can do anything we like.
Reason 2. Substitute it in the Taylor series for ex
:
eit
= 1 + it +
(it)2
2!
+
(it)3
3!
+
(it)4
4!
+ · · ·
= 1 + it −
t2
2!
− i
t3
3!
+
t4
4!
+ i
t5
5!
− · · ·
= 1 − t2
/2! + t4
/4! − · · ·
+ i t − t3
/3! + t5
/5! − · · ·
= cos t + i sin t.
This is not a proof, because before we had only proved the convergence of the Taylor series
for ex
if x was a real number, and here we have pretended that the series is also good if
you substitute x = it.
Reason 3. As a function of t the definition 6.1 gives us the correct derivative.
Namely, using the chain rule (i.e. pretending it still applies for complex functions) we
would get
deit
dt
= ieit
.
Indeed, this is correct. To see this proceed from our definition 6.1:
deit
dt
=
d cos t + i sin t
dt
=
d cos t
dt
+ i
d sin t
dt
= − sin t + i cos t
= i(cos t + i sin t)
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Reason 4. The formula ex
· ey
= ex+y
still holds. Rather, we have eit+is
= eit
eis
.
To check this replace the exponentials by their definition:
eit
eis
= (cos t + i sin t)(cos s + i sin s) = cos(t + s) + i sin(t + s) = ei(t+s)
.
Requiring ex
· ey
= ex+y
to be true for all complex numbers helps us decide what
ea+bi
shoud be for arbitrary complex numbers a + bi.
6.3. Definition. For any complex number a + bi we set
ea+bi
= ea
· eib
= ea
(cos b + i sin b).
One verifies as above in “reason 3” that this gives us the right behaviour under differen-
tiation. Thus, for any complex number r = a + bi the function
y(t) = ert
= eat
(cos bt + i sin bt)
satisfies
y (t) =
dert
dt
= rert
.
7. Complex solutions of polynomial equations
7.1. Quadratic equations. The well-known quadratic formula tells you that the
equation
(11) ax2
+ bx + c = 0
has two solutions, given by
(12) x± =
−b ±
√
D
2a
, D = b2
− 4ac.
If the coefficients a, b, c are real numbers and if the discriminant D is positive, then this
formula does indeed give two real solutions x+ and x−. However, if D < 0, then there are
no real solutions, but there are two complex solutions, namely
x± =
−b
2a
± i
√
−D
2a
7.2. Example: solve x2
+ 2x + 5 = 0. Solution: Use the quadratic formula, or
complete the square:
x2
+ 2x + 5 = 0
⇐⇒ x2
+ 2x + 1 = −4
⇐⇒ (x + 1)2
= −4
⇐⇒ x + 1 = ±2i
⇐⇒ x = −1 ± 2i.
So, if you allow complex solutions then every quadratic equation has two solutions,
unless the two solutions coincide (the case D = 0, in which there is only one solution.)
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1
1
2
+ i
2
√
3−1
2
+ i
2
√
3
−1
−1
2
− i
2
√
3 1
2
− i
2
√
3
Figure 7. The sixth roots of 1. There are six of them, and they re arranged in a
regular hexagon.
7.3. Complex roots of a number. For any given complex number w there is a
method of finding all complex solutions of the equation
(13) zn
= w
if n = 2, 3, 4, · · · is a given integer.
To find these solutions you write w in polar form, i.e. you find r > 0 and θ such that
w = reiθ
. Then
z = r1/n
eiθ/n
is a solution to (13). But it isn’t the only solution, because the angle θ for which w = riθ
isn’t unique – it is only determined up to a multiple of 2π. Thus if we have found one
angle θ for which w = riθ
, then we can also write
w = rei(θ+2kπ)
, k = 0, ±1, ±2, · · ·
The nth
roots of w are then
zk = r1/n
ei θ
n
+2 k
n
π
Here k can be any integer, so it looks as if there are infinitely many solutions. However,
if you increase k by n, then the exponent above increases by 2πi, and hence zk does not
change. In a formula:
zn = z0, zn+1 = z1, zn+2 = z2, . . . zk+n = zk
So if you take k = 0, 1, 2, · · · , n − 1 then you have had all the solutions.
The solutions zk always form a regular polygon with n sides.
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7.4. Example: find all sixth roots of w = 1. We are to solve z6
= 1. First write
1 in polar form,
1 = 1 · e0i
= 1 · e2kπi
, (k = 0, ±1, ±2, . . .).
Then we take the 6th
root and find
zk = 11/6
e2kπi/6
= ekπi/3
, (k = 0, ±1, ±2, . . .).
The six roots are
z0 = 1 z1 = eπi/3
= 1
2
+ i
2
√
3 z2 = e2πi/3
= −1
2
+ i
2
√
3
z3 = −1 z4 = eπi/3
= −1
2
− i
2
√
3 z5 = eπi/3
= 1
2
− i
2
√
3
8. Other handy things you can do with complex numbers
8.1. Partial fractions. Consider the partial fraction decomposition
x2
+ 3x − 4
(x − 2)(x2 + 4)
=
A
x − 2
+
Bx + C
x2 + 4
The coefficient A is easy to find: multiply with x − 2 and set x = 2 (or rather, take the
limit x → 2) to get
A =
22
+ 3 · 2 − 4
22 + 4
= · · · .
Before we had no similar way of finding B and C quickly, but now we can apply the same
trick: multiply with x2
+ 4,
x2
+ 3x − 4
(x − 2)
= Bx + C + (x2
+ 4)
A
x − 2
,
and substitute x = 2i. This make x2
+ 4 = 0, with result
(2i)2
+ 3 · 2i − 4
(2i − 2)
= 2iB + C.
Simplify the complex number on the left:
(2i)2
+ 3 · 2i − 4
(2i − 2)
=
−4 + 6i − 4
−2 + 2i
=
−8 + 6i
−2 + 2i
=
(−8 + 6i)(−2 − 2i)
(−2)2 + 22
=
28 + 4i
8
=
7
2
+
i
2
So we get 2iB + C = 7
2
+ i
2
; since B and C are real numbers this implies
B =
1
4
, C =
7
2
.
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8.2. Certain trigonometric and exponential integrals. You can compute
I = e3x
cos 2xdx
by integrating by parts twice. You can also use that cos 2x is the real part of e2ix
. Instead
of computing the real integral I, we look at the following related complex integral
J = e3x
e2ix
dx
which we get from I by replacing cos 2x with e2ix
. Since e2ix
= cos 2x + i sin 2x we have
J = e3x
(cos 2x + i sin 2x)dx = e3x
cos 2xdx + i e3x
sin 2xdx
i.e.,
J = I + something imaginary.
The point of all this is that J is easier to compute than I:
J = e3x
e2ix
dx = e3x+2ix
dx = e(3+2i)x
dx =
e(3+2i)x
3 + 2i
+ C
where we have used that
eax
dx =
1
a
eax
+ C
holds even if a is complex is a complex number such as a = 3 + 2i.
To find I you have to compute the real part of J, which you do as follows:
e(3+2i)x
3 + 2i
= e3x cos 2x + i sin 2x
3 + 2i
= e3x (cos 2x + i sin 2x)(3 − 2i)
(3 + 2i)(3 − 2i)
= e3x 3 cos 2x + 2 sin 2x + i(· · · )
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so
e3x
cos 2xdx = e3x 3
13
cos 2x + 2
13
sin 2x + C.
8.3. Complex amplitudes. A harmonic oscillation is given by
y(t) = A cos(ωt − φ),
where A is the amplitude, ω is the frequency, and φ is the phase of the oscillation.
If you add two harmonic oscillations with the same frequency ω, then you get another
harmonic oscillation with frequency ω. You can prove this using the addition formulas for
cosines, but there’s another way using complex exponentials. It goes like this.
Let y(t) = A cos(ωt − φ) and z(t) = B cos(ωt − θ) be the two harmonic oscillations
we wish to add. They are the real parts of
Y (t) = A {cos(ωt − φ) + i sin(ωt − φ)} = Aeiωt−iφ
= Ae−iφ
eiωt
Z(t) = B {cos(ωt − θ) + i sin(ωt − θ)} = Beiωt−iθ
= Be−iθ
eiωt
Therefore y(t) + z(t) is the real part of Y (t) + Z(t), i.e.
y(t) + z(t) = Re Y (t) + Re Z(t) = Re Y (t) + Z(t) .
The quantity Y (t) + Z(t) is easy to compute:
Y (t) + Z(t) = Ae−iφ
eiωt
+ Be−iθ
eiωt
= Ae−iφ
+ Be−iθ
eiωt
.
If you now do the complex addition
Ae−iφ
+ Be−iθ
= Ce−iψ
,
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w
i.e. you add the numbers on the right, and compute the absolute value C and argument
−ψ of the sum, then we see that Y (t) + Z(t) = Cei(ωt−ψ)
. Since we were looking for the
real part of Y (t) + Z(t), we get
y(t) + z(t) = A cos(ωt − φ) + B cos(ωt − θ) = C cos(ωt − ψ).
The complex numbers Ae−iφ
, Be−iθ
and Ce−iψ
are called the complex amplitudes for the
harmonic oscillations y(t), z(t) and y(t) + z(t).
The recipe for adding harmonic oscillations can therefore be summarized as follows:
Add the complex amplitudes.
9. PROBLEMS
Computing and Drawing Complex Numbers.
1. Compute the following complex numbers
by hand.
Draw all numbers in the complex (or
“Argand”) plane (use graph paper or quad
paper if necessary).
Compute absolute value and argument
of all numbers involved.
i2; i3; i4; 1/i;
(1 + 2i)(2 − i);
(1 + i)(1 + 2i)(1 + 3i);
(1
2
√
2 + i
2
√
2)2; (1
2
+ i
2
√
3)3;
1
1 + i
; 5/(2 − i);
2. [Deriving the addition formula for
tan(θ + φ)] Let θ, φ ∈ − π
2
, π
2
be two an-
gles.
(a) What are the arguments of
z = 1 + i tan θ and w = 1 + i tan φ?
(Draw both z and w.)
(b) Compute zw.
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(c) What is the argument of zw?
(d) Compute tan(arg zw).
3. Find formulas for cos 4θ, sin 4θ, cos 5θ
and sin 6θ in terms of cos θ and sin θ, by us-
ing de Moivre’s formula.
4. In the following picture draw 2w, 3
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w, iw,
−2iw, (2 + i)w and (2 − i)w. (Try to make
a nice drawing, use a ruler.)
Make a new copy of the picture, and
draw ¯w, − ¯w and −w.
Make yet another copy of the drawing.
Draw 1/w, 1/ ¯w, and −1/w. For this draw-
ing you need to know where the unit circle is
in your drawing: Draw a circle centered at
the origin with radius of your choice, and let
this be the unit circle. [Depending on which
circle you draw you will get a different an-
swer!]
5. Verify directly from the definition of addi-
tion and multiplication of complex numbers
that
(a) z + w = w + z
(b) zw = wz
(c) z(v + w) = zv + zw
holds for all complex numbers v, w, and z.
6. True or False? (In mathematics this
means that you should either give a proof
that the statement is always true, or else
give a counterexample, thereby showing that
the statement is not always true.)
For any complex numbers z and w one
has
(a) Re(z) + Re(w) = Re(z + w)
(b) z + w = ¯z + ¯w
(c) Im(z) + Im(w) = Im(z + w)
(d) zw = (¯z)( ¯w)
(e) Re(z)Re(w) = Re(zw)
(f) z/w = (¯z)/( ¯w)
(g) Re(iz) = Im(z)
(h) Re(iz) = iRe(z)
(i) Re(iz) = Im(z)
(j) Re(iz) = iIm(z)
(k) Im(iz) = Re(z)
(l) Re(¯z) = Re(z)
7. The imaginary part of a complex num-
ber is known to be twice its real part. The
absolute value of this number is 4. Which
number is this?
8. The real part of a complex number is
known to be half the absolute value of that
number. The imaginary part of the number
is 1. Which number is it?
The Complex Exponential.
9. Compute and draw the following num-
bers in the complex plane
eπi/3; eπi/2;
√
2e3πi/4; e17πi/4.
eπi + 1; ei ln 2.
1
eπi/4
;
e−πi
eπi/4
;
e2−πi/2
eπi/4
e2009πi; e2009πi/2 .
−8e4πi/3 ; 12eπi + 3e−πi.
10. Compute the absolute value and argu-
ment of e(ln 2)(1+i).
11. Suppose z can be any complex number.
(a) Is it true that ez is always a positive
number?
(b) Is it true that ez = 0?
12. Verify directly from the definition that
e−it
=
1
eit
holds for all real values of t.
13. Show that
cos t =
eit + e−it
2
, sin t =
eit − e−it
2i
14. Show that
cosh x = cos ix, sinh x =
1
i
sin ix.
15. The general solution of a second order
linear differential equation contains expres-
sions of the form Aeiβt +Be−iβt. These can
be rewritten as C1 cos βt + C2 sin βt.
If Aeiβt + Be−iβt = 2 cos βt + 3 sin βt,
then what are A and B?
16. (a) Show that you can write a “cosine-
wave” with amplitude A and phase φ as fol-
lows
A cos(t − φ) = Re zeit
,
where the “complex amplitude” is given by
z = Ae−iφ. (See §8.3).
14
(b) Show that a “sine-wave” with am-
plitude A and phase φ as follows
A sin(t − φ) = Re zeit
,
where the “complex amplitude” is given by
z = −iAe−iφ.
17. Find A and φ where A cos(t − φ) =
2 cos(t) + 2 cos(t − 2
3
π).
18. Find A and φ where A cos(t − φ) =
12 cos(t − 1
6
π) + 12 sin(t − 1
3
π).
19. Find A and φ where A cos(t − φ) =
12 cos(t − π/6) + 12 cos(t − π/3).
20. Find A and φ such that A cos(t − φ) =
cos t − 1
6
π +
√
3 cos t − 2
3
π .
Real and Complex Solutions of Algebraic Equations.
21. Find and draw all real and complex so-
lutions of
(a) z2 + 6z + 10 = 0
(b) z3 + 8 = 0
(c) z3 − 125 = 0
(d) 2z2 + 4z + 4 = 0
(e) z4 + 2z2 − 3 = 0
(f) 3z6 = z3 + 2
(g) z5 − 32 = 0
(h) z5 − 16z = 0
Calculus of Complex Valued Functions.
22. Compute the derivatives of the following
functions
f(x) =
1
x + i
g(x) = log x + i arctan x
h(x) = eix2
k(x) = log
i + x
i − x
Try to simplify your answers.
23. (a) Compute
cos 2x
4
dx
by using cos θ = 1
2
(eiθ + e−iθ) and expand-
ing the fourth power.
(b) Assuming a ∈ R, compute
e−2x
sin ax
2
dx.
(same trick: write sin ax in terms of complex
exponentials; make sure your final answer
has no complex numbers.)
24. Use cos α = (eiα + e−iα)/2, etc. to eval-
uate these indefinite integrals:
(a) cos2
x dx
(b) cos4
x dx,
(c) cos2
x sin x dx,
(d) sin3
x dx,
(e) cos2
x sin2
x dx,
(f) sin6
x dx
(g) sin(3x) cos(5x) dx
(h) sin2
(2x) cos(3x) dx
(i)
π/4
0
sin(3x) cos(x) dx
(j)
π/3
0
sin3
(x) cos2
(x) dx
(k)
π/2
0
sin2
(x) cos2
(x) dx
(l)
π/3
0
sin(x) cos2
(x) dx
25. Compute the following integrals when
m = n are distinct integers.
(a)
2π
0
sin(mx) cos(nx) dx
(b)
2π
0
sin(nx) cos(nx) dx
(c)
2π
0
cos(mx) cos(nx) dx
(d)
π
0
cos(mx) cos(nx) dx
(e)
2π
0
sin(mx) sin(nx) dx
(f)
π
0
sin(mx) sin(nx) dx
These integrals are basic to the the-
ory of Fourier series, which occurs in
15
many applications, especially in the study of
wave motion (light, sound, economic cycles,
clocks, oceans, etc.). They say that different
frequency waves are “independent”.
26. Show that cos x+sin x = C cos(x+β) for
suitable constants C and β and use this to
evaluate the following integrals.
(a)
dx
cos x + sin x
(b)
dx
(cos x + sin x)2
(c)
dx
A cos x + B sin x
where A and B are any constants.
27. Compute the integrals
π/2
0
sin2
kx sin2
lx dx,
where k and l are positive integers.
28. Show that for any integers k, l, m
π
0
sin kx sin lx sin mx dx = 0
if and only if k + l + m is even.
29. (i) Prove the following version of the
Chain rule: If f : I → C is a differentiable
complex valued function, and g : J → I
is a differentiable real valued function, then
h = f ◦g : J → C is a differentiable function,
and one has
h (x) = f (g(x))g (x).
(ii) Let n ≥ 0 be a nonnegative integer.
Prove that if f : I → C is a differentiable
function, then g(x) = f(x)n is also differen-
tiable, and one has
g (x) = nf(x)n−1
f (x).
Note that the chain rule from part (a) does
not apply! Why?
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Answers and Hints
(2) (a) arg(1 + i tan θ) = θ + 2kπ, with k any integer.
(b) zw = 1 − tan θ tan φ + i(tan θ + tan φ)
(c) arg(zw) = arg z + arg w = θ + φ (+ a multiple of 2π.)
(d) tan(arg zw) = tan(θ + φ) on one hand, and tan(arg zw) =
tan θ + tan φ
1 − tan θ tan φ
on the other hand.
The conclusion is that
tan(θ + φ) =
tan θ + tan φ
1 − tan θ tan φ
(3) cos 4θ = real part of (cos θ + i sin θ)4. Expand, using Pascal’s triangle to get
cos 4θ = cos4 θ − 6 cos2 θ sin2 θ + sin4 θ.
sin 4θ = 4 cos3 θ sin θ − 4 cos θ sin3 θ.
cos 5θ = cos5 θ − 10 cos3 θ sin2 θ + 5 cos θ sin4 θ
sin 6θ = 6 cos5 θ sin θ − 20 cos3 θ sin3
θ + 6 cos θ sin5
θ.
(6) To prove or disprove the statements set z = a + bi, w = c + di and substitute in the equation.
Then compare left and right hand sides.
(a) Re(z) + Re(w) = Re(z + w) TRUE, because:
Re(z + w) = Re(a + bi + c + di) = Re[(a + c) + (b + d)i] = a + c and
Re(z) + Re(w) = Re(a + bi) + Re(c + di) = a + c.
The other proofs go along the same lines.
(b) z + w = ¯z + ¯w TRUE. Proof: if z = a + bi and w = c + di with a, b, c, d real numbers, then
Re(z) = a, Re(w) = c =⇒ Re(z) + Re(w) = a + c
z + w = a + c + (b + d)i =⇒ Re(z + w) = a + c.
So you see that Re(z) + Re(w) and Re(z + w) are equal.
(c) Im(z) + Im(w) = Im(z + w) TRUE. Proof: if z = a + bi and w = c + di with a, b, c, d real
numbers, then
Im(z) = b, Im(w) = d =⇒ Im(z) + Im(w) = b + d
z + w = a + c + (b + d)i =⇒ Im(z + w) = b + d.
So you see that Im(z) + Im(w) and Im(z + w) are equal.
(d) zw = (¯z)( ¯w) TRUE
(e) Re(z)Re(w) = Re(zw) FALSE. Counterexample: Let z = i and w = i. Then Re(z)Re(w) =
0 · 0 = 0, but Re(zw) = Re(i · i) = Re(−1) = −1.
(f) z/w = (¯z)/( ¯w) TRUE
(g) Re(iz) = Im(z) FALSE (almost true though, only off by a minus sign)
(h) Re(iz) = iRe(z) FALSE. The left hand side is a real number, the right hand side is an
imaginary number: they can never be equal (except when z = 0.)
(i) Re(iz) = Im(z) same as (g), sorry.
(j) Re(iz) = iIm(z) FALSE
(k) Im(iz) = Re(z) TRUE
(l) Re(¯z) = Re(z) TRUE
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(7) The number is either 1
5
√
5 + 2
5
i
√
5 or − 1
5
√
5 − 2
5
i
√
5.
(8) ’t is 1
3
√
3 + i.
(10) e(ln 2)(1+i) = eln 2+i ln 2 = eln 2(cos ln 2 + i sin ln 2) so the real part is 2 cos ln 2 and the imag-
inary part is 2 sin ln 2.
(11) ez can be negative, or any other complex number except zero.
If z = x + iy then ez = ex(cos y + i sin y), so the absolute value and argument of ez are |z| = ex
and arg ez = y. Therefore the argument can be anything, and the absolute value can be any
positive real number, but not 0.
(12)
1
eit
=
1
cos t + i sin t
=
1
cos t + i sin t
cos t − i sin t
cos t − i sin t
=
cos t − i sin t
cos2 t + sin2 t
= cos t − i sin t = e−it
.
(15) Aeiβt + Be−iβt = A(cos βt + i sin βt) + B(cos βt − i sin βt) = (A + B) cos βt + i(A − B) sin βt.
So Aeiβt + Be−iβt = 2 cos βt + 3 sin βt holds if A + B = 2, i(A − B) = 3. Solving these two
equations for A and B we get A = 1 − 3
2
i, B = 1 + 3
2
i.
(21) (a) z2 + 6z + 10 = (z + 3)2 + 1 = 0 has solutions z = −3 ± i.
(b) z3 + 8 = 0 ⇐⇒ z3 = −8. Since −8 = 8eπi+2kπ we find that z = 81/3e
π
3
i+ 2
3
kπi
(k any
integer). Setting k = 0, 1, 2 gives you all solutions, namely
k = 0 : z = 2e
π
3
i
= 1 + i
√
3
k = 1 : z = 2e
π
3
i+2πi/3
= −2
k = 2 : z = 2e
π
3
i+4πi/3
= 1 − i
√
3
(c) z3 − 125 = 0: z0 = 5, z1 = − 5
2
+ 5
2
i
√
3, z2 = − 5
2
− 5
2
i
√
3
(d) 2z2 + 4z + 4 = 0: z = −1 ± i.
(e) z4 + 2z2 − 3 = 0: z2 = 1 or z2 = −3, so the four solutions are ±1, ±i
√
3.
(f) 3z6 = z3 + 2: z3 = 1 or z3 = − 2
3
. The six solutions are therefore
− 1
2
± i
2
√
3, 1 (from z3
= 1)
− 3 2
3
, 3 2
3
1
2
± i
2
√
3 , (from z3
= − 2
3
)
(g) z5 − 32 = 0: The five solutions are
2, 2 cos 2
5
π ± 2i sin 2
5
π, 2 cos 4
5
π ± 2i sin 4
5
π.
Note that 2 cos 6
5
π+2i sin 6
5
π = 2 cos 4
5
π−2i sin 4
5
π, and likewise, 2 cos 8
5
π+2i sin 8
5
π = 2 cos 2
5
π−
2i sin 2
5
π. (Make a drawing of these numbers to see why).
(h) z5 − 16z = 0: Clearly z = 0 is a solution. Factor out z to find the equation z4 − 16 = 0 whose
solutions are ±2, ±2i. So the five solutions are 0, ±2, and ±2i
(22) f (x) = −1
(x+i)2 . In this computation you use the quotient rule, which is valid for complex
valued functions.
g (x) = 1
x
+ i
1+x2
h (x) = 2ixeix2
. Here we are allowed to use the Chain Rule because h(x) is of the form h1(h2(x)),
where h1(y) = eiy is a complex valued function of a real variable, and h2(x) = x2 is a real valued
function of a real variable (a “221 function”).
(23) (a) Use the hint:
cos 2x
4
dx =
e2ix + e−2ix
2
4
dx
= 1
16
e2ix
+ e−2ix 4
dx
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The fourth line of Pascal’s triangle says (a + b)4 = a4 + 4a3b + 6a2b2 + 4ab3 + b4. Apply this with
a = e2ix, b = e−2ix and you get
cos 2x
4
dx =
1
16
e8ix
+ 4e4ix
+ 6 + 4e−4ix
+ e−8ix
dx
=
1
16
1
8i
e8ix
+
4
4i
e4ix
+ 6x +
4
−4i
e−4ix
+
1
−8i
e−8ix
+ C.
We could leave this as the answer since we’re done with the integral. However, we are asked to
simplify our answer, and since we know ahead of time that the answer is a real function we should
rewrite this as a real function. There are several ways of doing this, one of which is to carefully
match complex exponential terms with their complex conjugates (e.g. e8ix with e−8ix.) This gives
us
cos 2x
4
dx =
1
16
e8ix − e−8ix
8i
+
e4ix − e−4ix
i
+ 6x + C.
Finally, we use the formula sin θ = eiθ
−e−iθ
2i
to remove the complex exponentials. We end up
with the answer
cos 2x
4
dx =
1
16
1
4
sin 8x + 2 sin 4x + 6x + C = 1
64
sin 8x + 1
8
sin 4x + 3
8
x + C.
(b) Use sin θ = (eiθ − e−iθ)/(2i):
e−2x
sin ax
2
dx = e−2x eiax − e−iax
2i
2
dx
=
1
(2i)2
e−2x
e2iax
− 2 + e−2iax
dx
= − 1
4
e(−2+2ia)x
− 2 + e(−2−2ia)x
dx
= − 1
4
e(−2+2ia)x
−2 + 2ia
A
−2x +
e(−2−2ia)x
−2 − 2ia
B
+ C.(†)
We are done with integrating. The answer must be a real function (being the integral of a real
function), so we have to be able to write our answer in a real form. To get this real form we must
expand the complex exponentials above, and do the division by −2 + 2ia and −2 − 2ia. This is
still a fair amount of work, but we can cut the amount of work in half by noting that the terms
A and B are complex conjugates of each other, i.e. they are the same, except for the sign in front
of i: you get B from A by changing all i’s to −i’s. So once we have simplified A we immediately
know B.
We compute A as follows
A =
−2 − 2ia
(−2 − 2ia)(−2 + 2ia)
e−2x+2iax
=
(−2 − 2ia)e−2x(cos 2ax + i sin 2ax)
(−2)2 + (−2a)2
=
e−2x
4 + 4a2
(−2 cos 2ax + 2a sin 2ax) + i
e−2x
4 + 4a2
(−2a cos 2ax − 2 sin 2ax).
Hence
B =
e−2x
4 + 4a2
(−2 cos 2ax + 2a sin 2ax) − i
e−2x
4 + 4a2
(−2a cos 2ax − 2 sin 2ax).
and
A + B =
2e−2x
4 + 4a2
(−2 cos 2ax + 2a sin 2ax) =
e−2x
1 + a2
(− cos 2ax + a sin 2ax).
Substitute this in (†) and you get the real form of the integral
e−2x
sin ax
2
dx = − 1
4
e−2x
1 + a2
(− cos 2ax + a sin 2ax) +
x
2
+ C.
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(24) (a) This one can be done with the double angle formula, but if you had forgotten that,
complex exponentials work just as well:
cos2
x dx =
eix + e−ix
2
2
dx
= 1
4
e2ix
+ 2 + e−2ix
dx
= 1
4
1
2i
e2ix
+ 2x + 1
−2i
e−2ix
+ C
= 1
4
e2ix − e−2ix
2i
+ 2x + C
= 1
4
sin 2x + 2x + C
= 1
4
sin 2x +
x
2
+ C.
(c), (d) using complex exponentials works, but for these integrals substituting u = sin x works
better, if you use cos2 x = 1 − sin2 x.
(e) Use (a − b)(a + b) = a2 − b2 to compute
cos2
x sin2
x =
(eix + e−ix)2
22
(eix − e−ix)2
(2i)2
= 1
−16
(e2ix
+ e−2ix
)2
= 1
−16
(e4ix
+ 2 + e−4ix
)
First variation: The integral is
cos2
x sin2
x dx = 1
−16
( 1
4i
e4ix
+ 2x + 1
−4i
e−4ix
) + C = 1
−32
sin 4x − 1
8
x + C.
Second variation: Get rid of the complex exponentials before integrating:
1
−16
(e4ix
+ 2 + e−4ix
) = 1
−16
(2 cos 4x + 2) = − 1
8
(cos 4x + 1),
If you integrate this you get the same answer as above.
(j) and (l): Substituting complex exponentials will get you the answer, but for these two
integrals you’re much better off substituting u = cos x (and keep in mind that sin2 x = 1−cos2 x.)
(k) See (e) above.
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  • 1. Complex Numbers and the Complex Exponential 1. Complex numbers The equation x2 + 1 = 0 has no solutions, because for any real number x the square x2 is nonnegative, and so x2 + 1 can never be less than 1. In spite of this it turns out to be very useful to assume that there is a number i for which one has (1) i2 = −1. Any complex number is then an expression of the form a + bi, where a and b are old- fashioned real numbers. The number a is called the real part of a + bi, and b is called its imaginary part. Traditionally the letters z and w are used to stand for complex numbers. Since any complex number is specified by two real numbers one can visualize them by plotting a point with coordinates (a, b) in the plane for a complex number a + bi. The plane in which one plot these complex numbers is called the Complex plane, or Argand plane. z = a + bi a = Re(z) b = Im(z) θ = arg zr = |z| = √ a 2 + b2 Figure 1. A complex number. You can add, multiply and divide complex numbers. Here’s how: To add (subtract) z = a + bi and w = c + di z + w = (a + bi) + (c + di) = (a + c) + (b + d)i, z − w = (a + bi) − (c + di) = (a − c) + (b − d)i. 1
  • 2. 2 To multiply z and w proceed as follows: zw = (a + bi)(c + di) = a(c + di) + bi(c + di) = ac + adi + bci + bdi2 = (ac − bd) + (ad + bc)i where we have use the defining property i2 = −1 to get rid of i2 . To divide two complex numbers one always uses the following trick. a + bi c + di = a + bi c + di · c − di c − di = (a + bi)(c − di) (c + di)(c − di) Now (c + di)(c − di) = c2 − (di)2 = c2 − d2 i2 = c2 + d2 , so a + bi c + di = (ac + bd) + (bc − ad)i c2 + d2 = ac + bd c2 + d2 + bc − ad c2 + d2 i Obviously you do not want to memorize this formula: instead you remember the trick, i.e. to divide c + di into a + bi you multiply numerator and denominator with c − di. For any complex number w = c+di the number c−di is called its complex conjugate. Notation: w = c + di, ¯w = c − di. A frequently used property of the complex conjugate is the following formula (2) w ¯w = (c + di)(c − di) = c2 − (di)2 = c2 + d2 . The following notation is used for the real and imaginary parts of a complex number z. If z = a + bi then a = the Real Part of z = Re(z), b = the Imaginary Part of z = Im(z). Note that both Rez and Imz are real numbers. A common mistake is to say that Imz = bi. The “i” should not be there. 2. Argument and Absolute Value For any given complex number z = a+bi one defines the absolute value or modulus to be |z| = a2 + b2, so |z| is the distance from the origin to the point z in the complex plane (see figure 1). The angle θ is called the argument of the complex number z. Notation: arg z = θ. The argument is defined in an ambiguous way: it is only defined up to a multiple of 2π. E.g. the argument of −1 could be π, or −π, or 3π, or, etc. In general one says arg(−1) = π + 2kπ, where k may be any integer. From trigonometry one sees that for any complex number z = a + bi one has a = |z| cos θ, and b = |z| sin θ, so that |z| = |z| cos θ + i|z| sin θ = |z| cos θ + i sin θ .
  • 3. 3 and tan θ = sin θ cos θ = b a . 2.1. Example: Find argument and absolute value of z = 2 + i. Solution: |z| = √ 22 + 12 = √ 5. z lies in the first quadrant so its argument θ is an angle between 0 and π/2. From tan θ = 1 2 we then conclude arg(2 + i) = θ = arctan 1 2 . 3. Geometry of Arithmetic Since we can picture complex numbers as points in the complex plane, we can also try to visualize the arithmetic operations “addition” and “multiplication.” To add z and a b c d z w z + w Figure 2. Addition of z = a + bi and w = c + di w one forms the parallelogram with the origin, z and w as vertices. The fourth vertex then is z + w. See figure 2. z = a + bi iz = −b + ai Figure 3. Multiplication of a + bi by i. To understand multiplication we first look at multiplication with i. If z = a + bi then iz = i(a + bi) = ia + bi2 = ai − b = −b + ai. Thus, to form iz from the complex number z one rotates z counterclockwise by 90 degrees. See figure 3. If a is any real number, then multiplication of w = c + di by a gives aw = ac + adi,
  • 4. 4 −2z −z z 2z 3z Figure 4. Multiplication of a real and a complex number so aw points in the same direction, but is a times as far away from the origin. If a < 0 then aw points in the opposite direction. See figure 4. Next, to multiply z = a + bi and w = c + di we write the product as zw = (a + bi)w = aw + biw. Figure 5 shows a + bi on the right. On the left, the complex number w was first drawn, iw w aw aw+biw a a+bi biw θ θ ϕ b Figure 5. Multiplication of two complex numbers then aw was drawn. Subsequently iw and biw were constructed, and finally zw = aw+biw was drawn by adding aw and biw. One sees from figure 5 that since iw is perpendicular to w, the line segment from 0 to biw is perpendicular to the segment from 0 to aw. Therefore the larger shaded triangle on the left is a right triangle. The length of the adjacent side is a|w|, and the length of the opposite side is b|w|. The ratio of these two lengths is a : b, which is the same as for the shaded right triangle on the right, so we conclude that these two triangles are similar. The triangle on the left is |w| times as large as the triangle on the right. The two angles marked θ are equal. Since |zw| is the length of the hypothenuse of the shaded triangle on the left, it is |w| times the hypothenuse of the triangle on the right, i.e. |zw| = |w| · |z|.
  • 5. 5 The argument of zw is the angle θ + ϕ; since θ = arg z and ϕ = arg w we get the following two formulas |zw| = |z| · |w|(3) arg(zw) = arg z + arg w,(4) in other words, when you multiply complex numbers, their lengths get multiplied and their arguments get added. 4. Applications in Trigonometry 4.1. Unit length complex numbers. For any θ the number z = cos θ + i sin θ has length 1: it lies on the unit circle. Its argument is arg z = θ. Conversely, any complex number on the unit circle is of the form cos φ + i sin φ, where φ is its argument. 4.2. The Addition Formulas for Sine & Cosine. For any two angles θ and φ one can multiply z = cos θ+i sin θ and w = cos φ+isin φ. The product zw is a complex number of absolute value |zw| = |z|·|w| = 1·1, and with argument arg(zw) = arg z+arg w = θ+φ. So zw lies on the unit circle and must be cos(θ + φ) + i sin(θ + φ). Thus we have (5) (cos θ + i sin θ)(cos φ + i sin φ) = cos(θ + φ) + i sin(θ + φ). By multiplying out the Left Hand Side we get (cos θ + i sin θ)(cos φ + i sin φ) = cos θ cos φ − sin θ sin φ(6) + i(sin θ cos φ + cos θ sin φ). Compare the Right Hand Sides of (5) and (6), and you get the addition formulas for Sine and Cosine: cos(θ + φ) = cos θ cos φ − sin θ sin φ sin(θ + φ) = sin θ cos φ + cos θ sin φ 4.3. De Moivre’s formula. For any complex number z the argument of its square z2 is arg(z2 ) = arg(z · z) = arg z + arg z = 2 arg z. The argument of its cube is arg z3 = arg(z · z2 ) = arg(z) + arg z2 = arg z + 2 arg z = 3 arg z. Continuing like this one finds that (7) arg zn = n arg z for any integer n. Applying this to z = cos θ + i sin θ you find that zn is a number with absolute value |zn | = |z|n = 1n = 1, and argument n arg z = nθ. Hence zn = cos nθ + i sin nθ. So we have found (8) (cos θ + i sin θ)n = cos nθ + i sin nθ. This is de Moivre’s formula. For instance, for n = 2 this tells us that cos 2θ + i sin 2θ = (cos θ + i sin θ)2 = cos2 θ − sin2 θ + 2i cos θ sin θ. Comparing real and imaginary parts on left and right hand sides this gives you the double angle formulas cos θ = cos2 θ − sin2 θ and sin 2θ = 2 sin θ cos θ. For n = 3 you get, using the Binomial Theorem, or Pascal’s triangle, (cos θ + i sin θ)3 = cos3 θ + 3i cos2 θ sin θ + 3i2 cos θ sin2 θ + i3 sin3 θ = cos3 θ − 3 cos θ sin2 θ + i(3 cos2 θ sin θ − sin3 θ)
  • 6. 6 so that cos 3θ = cos3 θ − 3 cos θ sin2 θ and sin 3θ = cos2 θ sin θ − sin3 θ. In this way it is fairly easy to write down similar formulas for sin 4θ, sin 5θ, etc.. . . 5. Calculus of complex valued functions A complex valued function on some interval I = (a, b) ⊆ R is a function f : I → C. Such a function can be written as in terms of its real and imaginary parts, (9) f(x) = u(x) + iv(x), in which u, v : I → R are two real valued functions. One defines limits of complex valued functions in terms of limits of their real and imaginary parts. Thus we say that lim x→x0 f(x) = L if f(x) = u(x) + iv(x), L = A + iB, and both lim x→x0 u(x) = A and lim x→x1 v(x) = B hold. From this definition one can prove that the usual limit theorems also apply to complex valued functions. 5.1. Theorem. If limx→x0 f(x) = L and limx→x0 g(x) = M, then one has lim x→x0 f(x) ± g(x) = L ± M, lim x→x0 f(x)g(x) = LM, lim x→x0 f(x) g(x) = L M , provided M = 0. The derivative of a complex valued function f(x) = u(x)+iv(x) is defined by simply differentiating its real and imaginary parts: (10) f (x) = u (x) + iv (x). Again, one finds that the sum,product and quotient rules also hold for complex valued functions. 5.2. Theorem. If f, g : I → C are complex valued functions which are differentiable at some x0 ∈ I, then the functions f±g, fg and f/g are differentiable (assuming g(x0) = 0 in the case of the quotient.) One has (f ± g) (x0) = f (x0) ± g (x0) (fg) (x0) = f (x0)g(x0) + f(x0)g (x0) f g (x0) = f (x0)g(x0) − f(x0)g (x0) g(x0)2 Note that the chain rule does not appear in this list! See problem 29 for more about the chain rule. 6. The Complex Exponential Function We finally give a definition of ea+bi . First we consider the case a = 0:
  • 7. 7 1 eiθ = cos θ + i sin θ θ Figure 6. Euler’s definition of eiθ 6.1. Definition. For any real number t we set eit = cos t + i sin t. See Figure 6. 6.2. Example. eπi = cos π + i sin π = −1. This leads to Euler’s famous formula eπi + 1 = 0, which combines the five most basic quantities in mathematics: e, π, i, 1, and 0. Reasons why the definition 6.1 seems a good definition. Reason 1. We haven’t defined eit before and we can do anything we like. Reason 2. Substitute it in the Taylor series for ex : eit = 1 + it + (it)2 2! + (it)3 3! + (it)4 4! + · · · = 1 + it − t2 2! − i t3 3! + t4 4! + i t5 5! − · · · = 1 − t2 /2! + t4 /4! − · · · + i t − t3 /3! + t5 /5! − · · · = cos t + i sin t. This is not a proof, because before we had only proved the convergence of the Taylor series for ex if x was a real number, and here we have pretended that the series is also good if you substitute x = it. Reason 3. As a function of t the definition 6.1 gives us the correct derivative. Namely, using the chain rule (i.e. pretending it still applies for complex functions) we would get deit dt = ieit . Indeed, this is correct. To see this proceed from our definition 6.1: deit dt = d cos t + i sin t dt = d cos t dt + i d sin t dt = − sin t + i cos t = i(cos t + i sin t)
  • 8. 8 Reason 4. The formula ex · ey = ex+y still holds. Rather, we have eit+is = eit eis . To check this replace the exponentials by their definition: eit eis = (cos t + i sin t)(cos s + i sin s) = cos(t + s) + i sin(t + s) = ei(t+s) . Requiring ex · ey = ex+y to be true for all complex numbers helps us decide what ea+bi shoud be for arbitrary complex numbers a + bi. 6.3. Definition. For any complex number a + bi we set ea+bi = ea · eib = ea (cos b + i sin b). One verifies as above in “reason 3” that this gives us the right behaviour under differen- tiation. Thus, for any complex number r = a + bi the function y(t) = ert = eat (cos bt + i sin bt) satisfies y (t) = dert dt = rert . 7. Complex solutions of polynomial equations 7.1. Quadratic equations. The well-known quadratic formula tells you that the equation (11) ax2 + bx + c = 0 has two solutions, given by (12) x± = −b ± √ D 2a , D = b2 − 4ac. If the coefficients a, b, c are real numbers and if the discriminant D is positive, then this formula does indeed give two real solutions x+ and x−. However, if D < 0, then there are no real solutions, but there are two complex solutions, namely x± = −b 2a ± i √ −D 2a 7.2. Example: solve x2 + 2x + 5 = 0. Solution: Use the quadratic formula, or complete the square: x2 + 2x + 5 = 0 ⇐⇒ x2 + 2x + 1 = −4 ⇐⇒ (x + 1)2 = −4 ⇐⇒ x + 1 = ±2i ⇐⇒ x = −1 ± 2i. So, if you allow complex solutions then every quadratic equation has two solutions, unless the two solutions coincide (the case D = 0, in which there is only one solution.)
  • 9. 9 1 1 2 + i 2 √ 3−1 2 + i 2 √ 3 −1 −1 2 − i 2 √ 3 1 2 − i 2 √ 3 Figure 7. The sixth roots of 1. There are six of them, and they re arranged in a regular hexagon. 7.3. Complex roots of a number. For any given complex number w there is a method of finding all complex solutions of the equation (13) zn = w if n = 2, 3, 4, · · · is a given integer. To find these solutions you write w in polar form, i.e. you find r > 0 and θ such that w = reiθ . Then z = r1/n eiθ/n is a solution to (13). But it isn’t the only solution, because the angle θ for which w = riθ isn’t unique – it is only determined up to a multiple of 2π. Thus if we have found one angle θ for which w = riθ , then we can also write w = rei(θ+2kπ) , k = 0, ±1, ±2, · · · The nth roots of w are then zk = r1/n ei θ n +2 k n π Here k can be any integer, so it looks as if there are infinitely many solutions. However, if you increase k by n, then the exponent above increases by 2πi, and hence zk does not change. In a formula: zn = z0, zn+1 = z1, zn+2 = z2, . . . zk+n = zk So if you take k = 0, 1, 2, · · · , n − 1 then you have had all the solutions. The solutions zk always form a regular polygon with n sides.
  • 10. 10 7.4. Example: find all sixth roots of w = 1. We are to solve z6 = 1. First write 1 in polar form, 1 = 1 · e0i = 1 · e2kπi , (k = 0, ±1, ±2, . . .). Then we take the 6th root and find zk = 11/6 e2kπi/6 = ekπi/3 , (k = 0, ±1, ±2, . . .). The six roots are z0 = 1 z1 = eπi/3 = 1 2 + i 2 √ 3 z2 = e2πi/3 = −1 2 + i 2 √ 3 z3 = −1 z4 = eπi/3 = −1 2 − i 2 √ 3 z5 = eπi/3 = 1 2 − i 2 √ 3 8. Other handy things you can do with complex numbers 8.1. Partial fractions. Consider the partial fraction decomposition x2 + 3x − 4 (x − 2)(x2 + 4) = A x − 2 + Bx + C x2 + 4 The coefficient A is easy to find: multiply with x − 2 and set x = 2 (or rather, take the limit x → 2) to get A = 22 + 3 · 2 − 4 22 + 4 = · · · . Before we had no similar way of finding B and C quickly, but now we can apply the same trick: multiply with x2 + 4, x2 + 3x − 4 (x − 2) = Bx + C + (x2 + 4) A x − 2 , and substitute x = 2i. This make x2 + 4 = 0, with result (2i)2 + 3 · 2i − 4 (2i − 2) = 2iB + C. Simplify the complex number on the left: (2i)2 + 3 · 2i − 4 (2i − 2) = −4 + 6i − 4 −2 + 2i = −8 + 6i −2 + 2i = (−8 + 6i)(−2 − 2i) (−2)2 + 22 = 28 + 4i 8 = 7 2 + i 2 So we get 2iB + C = 7 2 + i 2 ; since B and C are real numbers this implies B = 1 4 , C = 7 2 .
  • 11. 11 8.2. Certain trigonometric and exponential integrals. You can compute I = e3x cos 2xdx by integrating by parts twice. You can also use that cos 2x is the real part of e2ix . Instead of computing the real integral I, we look at the following related complex integral J = e3x e2ix dx which we get from I by replacing cos 2x with e2ix . Since e2ix = cos 2x + i sin 2x we have J = e3x (cos 2x + i sin 2x)dx = e3x cos 2xdx + i e3x sin 2xdx i.e., J = I + something imaginary. The point of all this is that J is easier to compute than I: J = e3x e2ix dx = e3x+2ix dx = e(3+2i)x dx = e(3+2i)x 3 + 2i + C where we have used that eax dx = 1 a eax + C holds even if a is complex is a complex number such as a = 3 + 2i. To find I you have to compute the real part of J, which you do as follows: e(3+2i)x 3 + 2i = e3x cos 2x + i sin 2x 3 + 2i = e3x (cos 2x + i sin 2x)(3 − 2i) (3 + 2i)(3 − 2i) = e3x 3 cos 2x + 2 sin 2x + i(· · · ) 13 so e3x cos 2xdx = e3x 3 13 cos 2x + 2 13 sin 2x + C. 8.3. Complex amplitudes. A harmonic oscillation is given by y(t) = A cos(ωt − φ), where A is the amplitude, ω is the frequency, and φ is the phase of the oscillation. If you add two harmonic oscillations with the same frequency ω, then you get another harmonic oscillation with frequency ω. You can prove this using the addition formulas for cosines, but there’s another way using complex exponentials. It goes like this. Let y(t) = A cos(ωt − φ) and z(t) = B cos(ωt − θ) be the two harmonic oscillations we wish to add. They are the real parts of Y (t) = A {cos(ωt − φ) + i sin(ωt − φ)} = Aeiωt−iφ = Ae−iφ eiωt Z(t) = B {cos(ωt − θ) + i sin(ωt − θ)} = Beiωt−iθ = Be−iθ eiωt Therefore y(t) + z(t) is the real part of Y (t) + Z(t), i.e. y(t) + z(t) = Re Y (t) + Re Z(t) = Re Y (t) + Z(t) . The quantity Y (t) + Z(t) is easy to compute: Y (t) + Z(t) = Ae−iφ eiωt + Be−iθ eiωt = Ae−iφ + Be−iθ eiωt . If you now do the complex addition Ae−iφ + Be−iθ = Ce−iψ ,
  • 12. 12 w i.e. you add the numbers on the right, and compute the absolute value C and argument −ψ of the sum, then we see that Y (t) + Z(t) = Cei(ωt−ψ) . Since we were looking for the real part of Y (t) + Z(t), we get y(t) + z(t) = A cos(ωt − φ) + B cos(ωt − θ) = C cos(ωt − ψ). The complex numbers Ae−iφ , Be−iθ and Ce−iψ are called the complex amplitudes for the harmonic oscillations y(t), z(t) and y(t) + z(t). The recipe for adding harmonic oscillations can therefore be summarized as follows: Add the complex amplitudes. 9. PROBLEMS Computing and Drawing Complex Numbers. 1. Compute the following complex numbers by hand. Draw all numbers in the complex (or “Argand”) plane (use graph paper or quad paper if necessary). Compute absolute value and argument of all numbers involved. i2; i3; i4; 1/i; (1 + 2i)(2 − i); (1 + i)(1 + 2i)(1 + 3i); (1 2 √ 2 + i 2 √ 2)2; (1 2 + i 2 √ 3)3; 1 1 + i ; 5/(2 − i); 2. [Deriving the addition formula for tan(θ + φ)] Let θ, φ ∈ − π 2 , π 2 be two an- gles. (a) What are the arguments of z = 1 + i tan θ and w = 1 + i tan φ? (Draw both z and w.) (b) Compute zw.
  • 13. 13 (c) What is the argument of zw? (d) Compute tan(arg zw). 3. Find formulas for cos 4θ, sin 4θ, cos 5θ and sin 6θ in terms of cos θ and sin θ, by us- ing de Moivre’s formula. 4. In the following picture draw 2w, 3 4 w, iw, −2iw, (2 + i)w and (2 − i)w. (Try to make a nice drawing, use a ruler.) Make a new copy of the picture, and draw ¯w, − ¯w and −w. Make yet another copy of the drawing. Draw 1/w, 1/ ¯w, and −1/w. For this draw- ing you need to know where the unit circle is in your drawing: Draw a circle centered at the origin with radius of your choice, and let this be the unit circle. [Depending on which circle you draw you will get a different an- swer!] 5. Verify directly from the definition of addi- tion and multiplication of complex numbers that (a) z + w = w + z (b) zw = wz (c) z(v + w) = zv + zw holds for all complex numbers v, w, and z. 6. True or False? (In mathematics this means that you should either give a proof that the statement is always true, or else give a counterexample, thereby showing that the statement is not always true.) For any complex numbers z and w one has (a) Re(z) + Re(w) = Re(z + w) (b) z + w = ¯z + ¯w (c) Im(z) + Im(w) = Im(z + w) (d) zw = (¯z)( ¯w) (e) Re(z)Re(w) = Re(zw) (f) z/w = (¯z)/( ¯w) (g) Re(iz) = Im(z) (h) Re(iz) = iRe(z) (i) Re(iz) = Im(z) (j) Re(iz) = iIm(z) (k) Im(iz) = Re(z) (l) Re(¯z) = Re(z) 7. The imaginary part of a complex num- ber is known to be twice its real part. The absolute value of this number is 4. Which number is this? 8. The real part of a complex number is known to be half the absolute value of that number. The imaginary part of the number is 1. Which number is it? The Complex Exponential. 9. Compute and draw the following num- bers in the complex plane eπi/3; eπi/2; √ 2e3πi/4; e17πi/4. eπi + 1; ei ln 2. 1 eπi/4 ; e−πi eπi/4 ; e2−πi/2 eπi/4 e2009πi; e2009πi/2 . −8e4πi/3 ; 12eπi + 3e−πi. 10. Compute the absolute value and argu- ment of e(ln 2)(1+i). 11. Suppose z can be any complex number. (a) Is it true that ez is always a positive number? (b) Is it true that ez = 0? 12. Verify directly from the definition that e−it = 1 eit holds for all real values of t. 13. Show that cos t = eit + e−it 2 , sin t = eit − e−it 2i 14. Show that cosh x = cos ix, sinh x = 1 i sin ix. 15. The general solution of a second order linear differential equation contains expres- sions of the form Aeiβt +Be−iβt. These can be rewritten as C1 cos βt + C2 sin βt. If Aeiβt + Be−iβt = 2 cos βt + 3 sin βt, then what are A and B? 16. (a) Show that you can write a “cosine- wave” with amplitude A and phase φ as fol- lows A cos(t − φ) = Re zeit , where the “complex amplitude” is given by z = Ae−iφ. (See §8.3).
  • 14. 14 (b) Show that a “sine-wave” with am- plitude A and phase φ as follows A sin(t − φ) = Re zeit , where the “complex amplitude” is given by z = −iAe−iφ. 17. Find A and φ where A cos(t − φ) = 2 cos(t) + 2 cos(t − 2 3 π). 18. Find A and φ where A cos(t − φ) = 12 cos(t − 1 6 π) + 12 sin(t − 1 3 π). 19. Find A and φ where A cos(t − φ) = 12 cos(t − π/6) + 12 cos(t − π/3). 20. Find A and φ such that A cos(t − φ) = cos t − 1 6 π + √ 3 cos t − 2 3 π . Real and Complex Solutions of Algebraic Equations. 21. Find and draw all real and complex so- lutions of (a) z2 + 6z + 10 = 0 (b) z3 + 8 = 0 (c) z3 − 125 = 0 (d) 2z2 + 4z + 4 = 0 (e) z4 + 2z2 − 3 = 0 (f) 3z6 = z3 + 2 (g) z5 − 32 = 0 (h) z5 − 16z = 0 Calculus of Complex Valued Functions. 22. Compute the derivatives of the following functions f(x) = 1 x + i g(x) = log x + i arctan x h(x) = eix2 k(x) = log i + x i − x Try to simplify your answers. 23. (a) Compute cos 2x 4 dx by using cos θ = 1 2 (eiθ + e−iθ) and expand- ing the fourth power. (b) Assuming a ∈ R, compute e−2x sin ax 2 dx. (same trick: write sin ax in terms of complex exponentials; make sure your final answer has no complex numbers.) 24. Use cos α = (eiα + e−iα)/2, etc. to eval- uate these indefinite integrals: (a) cos2 x dx (b) cos4 x dx, (c) cos2 x sin x dx, (d) sin3 x dx, (e) cos2 x sin2 x dx, (f) sin6 x dx (g) sin(3x) cos(5x) dx (h) sin2 (2x) cos(3x) dx (i) π/4 0 sin(3x) cos(x) dx (j) π/3 0 sin3 (x) cos2 (x) dx (k) π/2 0 sin2 (x) cos2 (x) dx (l) π/3 0 sin(x) cos2 (x) dx 25. Compute the following integrals when m = n are distinct integers. (a) 2π 0 sin(mx) cos(nx) dx (b) 2π 0 sin(nx) cos(nx) dx (c) 2π 0 cos(mx) cos(nx) dx (d) π 0 cos(mx) cos(nx) dx (e) 2π 0 sin(mx) sin(nx) dx (f) π 0 sin(mx) sin(nx) dx These integrals are basic to the the- ory of Fourier series, which occurs in
  • 15. 15 many applications, especially in the study of wave motion (light, sound, economic cycles, clocks, oceans, etc.). They say that different frequency waves are “independent”. 26. Show that cos x+sin x = C cos(x+β) for suitable constants C and β and use this to evaluate the following integrals. (a) dx cos x + sin x (b) dx (cos x + sin x)2 (c) dx A cos x + B sin x where A and B are any constants. 27. Compute the integrals π/2 0 sin2 kx sin2 lx dx, where k and l are positive integers. 28. Show that for any integers k, l, m π 0 sin kx sin lx sin mx dx = 0 if and only if k + l + m is even. 29. (i) Prove the following version of the Chain rule: If f : I → C is a differentiable complex valued function, and g : J → I is a differentiable real valued function, then h = f ◦g : J → C is a differentiable function, and one has h (x) = f (g(x))g (x). (ii) Let n ≥ 0 be a nonnegative integer. Prove that if f : I → C is a differentiable function, then g(x) = f(x)n is also differen- tiable, and one has g (x) = nf(x)n−1 f (x). Note that the chain rule from part (a) does not apply! Why?
  • 16. 16 Answers and Hints (2) (a) arg(1 + i tan θ) = θ + 2kπ, with k any integer. (b) zw = 1 − tan θ tan φ + i(tan θ + tan φ) (c) arg(zw) = arg z + arg w = θ + φ (+ a multiple of 2π.) (d) tan(arg zw) = tan(θ + φ) on one hand, and tan(arg zw) = tan θ + tan φ 1 − tan θ tan φ on the other hand. The conclusion is that tan(θ + φ) = tan θ + tan φ 1 − tan θ tan φ (3) cos 4θ = real part of (cos θ + i sin θ)4. Expand, using Pascal’s triangle to get cos 4θ = cos4 θ − 6 cos2 θ sin2 θ + sin4 θ. sin 4θ = 4 cos3 θ sin θ − 4 cos θ sin3 θ. cos 5θ = cos5 θ − 10 cos3 θ sin2 θ + 5 cos θ sin4 θ sin 6θ = 6 cos5 θ sin θ − 20 cos3 θ sin3 θ + 6 cos θ sin5 θ. (6) To prove or disprove the statements set z = a + bi, w = c + di and substitute in the equation. Then compare left and right hand sides. (a) Re(z) + Re(w) = Re(z + w) TRUE, because: Re(z + w) = Re(a + bi + c + di) = Re[(a + c) + (b + d)i] = a + c and Re(z) + Re(w) = Re(a + bi) + Re(c + di) = a + c. The other proofs go along the same lines. (b) z + w = ¯z + ¯w TRUE. Proof: if z = a + bi and w = c + di with a, b, c, d real numbers, then Re(z) = a, Re(w) = c =⇒ Re(z) + Re(w) = a + c z + w = a + c + (b + d)i =⇒ Re(z + w) = a + c. So you see that Re(z) + Re(w) and Re(z + w) are equal. (c) Im(z) + Im(w) = Im(z + w) TRUE. Proof: if z = a + bi and w = c + di with a, b, c, d real numbers, then Im(z) = b, Im(w) = d =⇒ Im(z) + Im(w) = b + d z + w = a + c + (b + d)i =⇒ Im(z + w) = b + d. So you see that Im(z) + Im(w) and Im(z + w) are equal. (d) zw = (¯z)( ¯w) TRUE (e) Re(z)Re(w) = Re(zw) FALSE. Counterexample: Let z = i and w = i. Then Re(z)Re(w) = 0 · 0 = 0, but Re(zw) = Re(i · i) = Re(−1) = −1. (f) z/w = (¯z)/( ¯w) TRUE (g) Re(iz) = Im(z) FALSE (almost true though, only off by a minus sign) (h) Re(iz) = iRe(z) FALSE. The left hand side is a real number, the right hand side is an imaginary number: they can never be equal (except when z = 0.) (i) Re(iz) = Im(z) same as (g), sorry. (j) Re(iz) = iIm(z) FALSE (k) Im(iz) = Re(z) TRUE (l) Re(¯z) = Re(z) TRUE
  • 17. 17 (7) The number is either 1 5 √ 5 + 2 5 i √ 5 or − 1 5 √ 5 − 2 5 i √ 5. (8) ’t is 1 3 √ 3 + i. (10) e(ln 2)(1+i) = eln 2+i ln 2 = eln 2(cos ln 2 + i sin ln 2) so the real part is 2 cos ln 2 and the imag- inary part is 2 sin ln 2. (11) ez can be negative, or any other complex number except zero. If z = x + iy then ez = ex(cos y + i sin y), so the absolute value and argument of ez are |z| = ex and arg ez = y. Therefore the argument can be anything, and the absolute value can be any positive real number, but not 0. (12) 1 eit = 1 cos t + i sin t = 1 cos t + i sin t cos t − i sin t cos t − i sin t = cos t − i sin t cos2 t + sin2 t = cos t − i sin t = e−it . (15) Aeiβt + Be−iβt = A(cos βt + i sin βt) + B(cos βt − i sin βt) = (A + B) cos βt + i(A − B) sin βt. So Aeiβt + Be−iβt = 2 cos βt + 3 sin βt holds if A + B = 2, i(A − B) = 3. Solving these two equations for A and B we get A = 1 − 3 2 i, B = 1 + 3 2 i. (21) (a) z2 + 6z + 10 = (z + 3)2 + 1 = 0 has solutions z = −3 ± i. (b) z3 + 8 = 0 ⇐⇒ z3 = −8. Since −8 = 8eπi+2kπ we find that z = 81/3e π 3 i+ 2 3 kπi (k any integer). Setting k = 0, 1, 2 gives you all solutions, namely k = 0 : z = 2e π 3 i = 1 + i √ 3 k = 1 : z = 2e π 3 i+2πi/3 = −2 k = 2 : z = 2e π 3 i+4πi/3 = 1 − i √ 3 (c) z3 − 125 = 0: z0 = 5, z1 = − 5 2 + 5 2 i √ 3, z2 = − 5 2 − 5 2 i √ 3 (d) 2z2 + 4z + 4 = 0: z = −1 ± i. (e) z4 + 2z2 − 3 = 0: z2 = 1 or z2 = −3, so the four solutions are ±1, ±i √ 3. (f) 3z6 = z3 + 2: z3 = 1 or z3 = − 2 3 . The six solutions are therefore − 1 2 ± i 2 √ 3, 1 (from z3 = 1) − 3 2 3 , 3 2 3 1 2 ± i 2 √ 3 , (from z3 = − 2 3 ) (g) z5 − 32 = 0: The five solutions are 2, 2 cos 2 5 π ± 2i sin 2 5 π, 2 cos 4 5 π ± 2i sin 4 5 π. Note that 2 cos 6 5 π+2i sin 6 5 π = 2 cos 4 5 π−2i sin 4 5 π, and likewise, 2 cos 8 5 π+2i sin 8 5 π = 2 cos 2 5 π− 2i sin 2 5 π. (Make a drawing of these numbers to see why). (h) z5 − 16z = 0: Clearly z = 0 is a solution. Factor out z to find the equation z4 − 16 = 0 whose solutions are ±2, ±2i. So the five solutions are 0, ±2, and ±2i (22) f (x) = −1 (x+i)2 . In this computation you use the quotient rule, which is valid for complex valued functions. g (x) = 1 x + i 1+x2 h (x) = 2ixeix2 . Here we are allowed to use the Chain Rule because h(x) is of the form h1(h2(x)), where h1(y) = eiy is a complex valued function of a real variable, and h2(x) = x2 is a real valued function of a real variable (a “221 function”). (23) (a) Use the hint: cos 2x 4 dx = e2ix + e−2ix 2 4 dx = 1 16 e2ix + e−2ix 4 dx
  • 18. 18 The fourth line of Pascal’s triangle says (a + b)4 = a4 + 4a3b + 6a2b2 + 4ab3 + b4. Apply this with a = e2ix, b = e−2ix and you get cos 2x 4 dx = 1 16 e8ix + 4e4ix + 6 + 4e−4ix + e−8ix dx = 1 16 1 8i e8ix + 4 4i e4ix + 6x + 4 −4i e−4ix + 1 −8i e−8ix + C. We could leave this as the answer since we’re done with the integral. However, we are asked to simplify our answer, and since we know ahead of time that the answer is a real function we should rewrite this as a real function. There are several ways of doing this, one of which is to carefully match complex exponential terms with their complex conjugates (e.g. e8ix with e−8ix.) This gives us cos 2x 4 dx = 1 16 e8ix − e−8ix 8i + e4ix − e−4ix i + 6x + C. Finally, we use the formula sin θ = eiθ −e−iθ 2i to remove the complex exponentials. We end up with the answer cos 2x 4 dx = 1 16 1 4 sin 8x + 2 sin 4x + 6x + C = 1 64 sin 8x + 1 8 sin 4x + 3 8 x + C. (b) Use sin θ = (eiθ − e−iθ)/(2i): e−2x sin ax 2 dx = e−2x eiax − e−iax 2i 2 dx = 1 (2i)2 e−2x e2iax − 2 + e−2iax dx = − 1 4 e(−2+2ia)x − 2 + e(−2−2ia)x dx = − 1 4 e(−2+2ia)x −2 + 2ia A −2x + e(−2−2ia)x −2 − 2ia B + C.(†) We are done with integrating. The answer must be a real function (being the integral of a real function), so we have to be able to write our answer in a real form. To get this real form we must expand the complex exponentials above, and do the division by −2 + 2ia and −2 − 2ia. This is still a fair amount of work, but we can cut the amount of work in half by noting that the terms A and B are complex conjugates of each other, i.e. they are the same, except for the sign in front of i: you get B from A by changing all i’s to −i’s. So once we have simplified A we immediately know B. We compute A as follows A = −2 − 2ia (−2 − 2ia)(−2 + 2ia) e−2x+2iax = (−2 − 2ia)e−2x(cos 2ax + i sin 2ax) (−2)2 + (−2a)2 = e−2x 4 + 4a2 (−2 cos 2ax + 2a sin 2ax) + i e−2x 4 + 4a2 (−2a cos 2ax − 2 sin 2ax). Hence B = e−2x 4 + 4a2 (−2 cos 2ax + 2a sin 2ax) − i e−2x 4 + 4a2 (−2a cos 2ax − 2 sin 2ax). and A + B = 2e−2x 4 + 4a2 (−2 cos 2ax + 2a sin 2ax) = e−2x 1 + a2 (− cos 2ax + a sin 2ax). Substitute this in (†) and you get the real form of the integral e−2x sin ax 2 dx = − 1 4 e−2x 1 + a2 (− cos 2ax + a sin 2ax) + x 2 + C.
  • 19. 19 (24) (a) This one can be done with the double angle formula, but if you had forgotten that, complex exponentials work just as well: cos2 x dx = eix + e−ix 2 2 dx = 1 4 e2ix + 2 + e−2ix dx = 1 4 1 2i e2ix + 2x + 1 −2i e−2ix + C = 1 4 e2ix − e−2ix 2i + 2x + C = 1 4 sin 2x + 2x + C = 1 4 sin 2x + x 2 + C. (c), (d) using complex exponentials works, but for these integrals substituting u = sin x works better, if you use cos2 x = 1 − sin2 x. (e) Use (a − b)(a + b) = a2 − b2 to compute cos2 x sin2 x = (eix + e−ix)2 22 (eix − e−ix)2 (2i)2 = 1 −16 (e2ix + e−2ix )2 = 1 −16 (e4ix + 2 + e−4ix ) First variation: The integral is cos2 x sin2 x dx = 1 −16 ( 1 4i e4ix + 2x + 1 −4i e−4ix ) + C = 1 −32 sin 4x − 1 8 x + C. Second variation: Get rid of the complex exponentials before integrating: 1 −16 (e4ix + 2 + e−4ix ) = 1 −16 (2 cos 4x + 2) = − 1 8 (cos 4x + 1), If you integrate this you get the same answer as above. (j) and (l): Substituting complex exponentials will get you the answer, but for these two integrals you’re much better off substituting u = cos x (and keep in mind that sin2 x = 1−cos2 x.) (k) See (e) above.
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