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Unread post by ahmedulkavi » Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:34 pm

Please tell the answer:
x^i=?

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Unread post by tanvirab » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:54 am

If $x = re^{i\theta}$ then $x^i = e^{-\theta} e^{i \mbox{log}(r)}$

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Unread post by rakeen » Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:31 pm

what is $r$
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Unread post by Moon » Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:37 pm

Any complex number $x$ can be represented as $x=re^{i\theta}$, where $r \in \mathbb{R}$.
In fact, $r$ length of the segment connecting $0$ and $x$ in the complex plane.
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Unread post by Tahmid Hasan » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:55 am

a good appliction of de moivre's theorem
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