# 10.5 Polar form of complex numbers  (Page 3/8)

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## Products of complex numbers in polar form

If $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{z}_{1}={r}_{1}\left(\mathrm{cos}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\theta }_{1}+i\mathrm{sin}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\theta }_{1}\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{z}_{2}={r}_{2}\left(\mathrm{cos}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\theta }_{2}+i\mathrm{sin}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\theta }_{2}\right),$ then the product of these numbers is given as:

$\begin{array}{l}\hfill \\ \begin{array}{l}{z}_{1}{z}_{2}={r}_{1}{r}_{2}\left[\mathrm{cos}\left({\theta }_{1}+{\theta }_{2}\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left({\theta }_{1}+{\theta }_{2}\right)\right]\hfill \\ {z}_{1}{z}_{2}={r}_{1}{r}_{2}\text{cis}\left({\theta }_{1}+{\theta }_{2}\right)\hfill \end{array}\hfill \end{array}$

Notice that the product calls for multiplying the moduli and adding the angles.

## Finding the product of two complex numbers in polar form

Find the product of $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{z}_{1}{z}_{2},\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ given $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{z}_{1}=4\left(\mathrm{cos}\left(80°\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(80°\right)\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{z}_{2}=2\left(\mathrm{cos}\left(145°\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(145°\right)\right).$

$\begin{array}{l}{z}_{1}{z}_{2}=4\cdot 2\left[\mathrm{cos}\left(80°+145°\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(80°+145°\right)\right]\hfill \\ {z}_{1}{z}_{2}=8\left[\mathrm{cos}\left(225°\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(225°\right)\right]\hfill \\ {z}_{1}{z}_{2}=8\left[\mathrm{cos}\left(\frac{5\pi }{4}\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(\frac{5\pi }{4}\right)\right]\hfill \\ {z}_{1}{z}_{2}=8\left[-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}+i\left(-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\right)\right]\hfill \\ {z}_{1}{z}_{2}=-4\sqrt{2}-4i\sqrt{2}\hfill \end{array}$

## Finding quotients of complex numbers in polar form

The quotient of two complex numbers in polar form is the quotient of the two moduli and the difference of the two arguments.

## Quotients of complex numbers in polar form

If $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{z}_{1}={r}_{1}\left(\mathrm{cos}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\theta }_{1}+i\mathrm{sin}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\theta }_{1}\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{z}_{2}={r}_{2}\left(\mathrm{cos}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\theta }_{2}+i\mathrm{sin}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\theta }_{2}\right),$ then the quotient of these numbers is

$\begin{array}{l}\frac{{z}_{1}}{{z}_{2}}=\frac{{r}_{1}}{{r}_{2}}\left[\mathrm{cos}\left({\theta }_{1}-{\theta }_{2}\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left({\theta }_{1}-{\theta }_{2}\right)\right],\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{z}_{2}\ne 0\\ \frac{{z}_{1}}{{z}_{2}}=\frac{{r}_{1}}{{r}_{2}}\text{cis}\left({\theta }_{1}-{\theta }_{2}\right),\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{z}_{2}\ne 0\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\end{array}$

Notice that the moduli are divided, and the angles are subtracted.

Given two complex numbers in polar form, find the quotient.

1. Divide $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\frac{{r}_{1}}{{r}_{2}}.$
2. Find $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\theta }_{1}-{\theta }_{2}.$
3. Substitute the results into the formula: $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}z=r\left(\mathrm{cos}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\theta +i\mathrm{sin}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\theta \right).\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ Replace $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}r\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ with $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\frac{{r}_{1}}{{r}_{2}},\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ and replace $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\theta \text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ with $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\theta }_{1}-{\theta }_{2}.$
4. Calculate the new trigonometric expressions and multiply through by $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}r.$

## Finding the quotient of two complex numbers

Find the quotient of $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{z}_{1}=2\left(\mathrm{cos}\left(213°\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(213°\right)\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{z}_{2}=4\left(\mathrm{cos}\left(33°\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(33°\right)\right).$

Using the formula, we have

$\begin{array}{l}\frac{{z}_{1}}{{z}_{2}}=\frac{2}{4}\left[\mathrm{cos}\left(213°-33°\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(213°-33°\right)\right]\hfill \\ \frac{{z}_{1}}{{z}_{2}}=\frac{1}{2}\left[\mathrm{cos}\left(180°\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(180°\right)\right]\hfill \\ \frac{{z}_{1}}{{z}_{2}}=\frac{1}{2}\left[-1+0i\right]\hfill \\ \frac{{z}_{1}}{{z}_{2}}=-\frac{1}{2}+0i\hfill \\ \frac{{z}_{1}}{{z}_{2}}=-\frac{1}{2}\hfill \end{array}$

Find the product and the quotient of $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{z}_{1}=2\sqrt{3}\left(\mathrm{cos}\left(150°\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(150°\right)\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{z}_{2}=2\left(\mathrm{cos}\left(30°\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(30°\right)\right).$

$\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{z}_{1}{z}_{2}=-4\sqrt{3};\frac{{z}_{1}}{{z}_{2}}=-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}+\frac{3}{2}i\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$

## Finding powers of complex numbers in polar form

Finding powers of complex numbers is greatly simplified using De Moivre’s Theorem    . It states that, for a positive integer $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}n,{z}^{n}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ is found by raising the modulus to the $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}n\text{th}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ power and multiplying the argument by $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}n.\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ It is the standard method used in modern mathematics.

## De moivre’s theorem

If $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}z=r\left(\mathrm{cos}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\theta +i\mathrm{sin}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\theta \right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ is a complex number, then

$\begin{array}{l}{z}^{n}={r}^{n}\left[\mathrm{cos}\left(n\theta \right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(n\theta \right)\right]\\ {z}^{n}={r}^{n}\text{cis}\left(n\theta \right)\end{array}$

where $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}n\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ is a positive integer.

## Evaluating an expression using de moivre’s theorem

Evaluate the expression $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\left(1+i\right)}^{5}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ using De Moivre’s Theorem.

Since De Moivre’s Theorem applies to complex numbers written in polar form, we must first write $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(1+i\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ in polar form. Let us find $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}r.$

$\begin{array}{l}r=\sqrt{{x}^{2}+{y}^{2}}\hfill \\ r=\sqrt{{\left(1\right)}^{2}+{\left(1\right)}^{2}}\hfill \\ r=\sqrt{2}\hfill \end{array}$

Then we find $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\theta .\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ Using the formula $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\mathrm{tan}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\theta =\frac{y}{x}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ gives

$\begin{array}{l}\mathrm{tan}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\theta =\frac{1}{1}\hfill \\ \mathrm{tan}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\theta =1\hfill \\ \text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\theta =\frac{\pi }{4}\hfill \end{array}$

Use De Moivre’s Theorem to evaluate the expression.

$\begin{array}{l}{\left(a+bi\right)}^{n}={r}^{n}\left[\mathrm{cos}\left(n\theta \right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(n\theta \right)\right]\hfill \\ \text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\left(1+i\right)}^{5}={\left(\sqrt{2}\right)}^{5}\left[\mathrm{cos}\left(5\cdot \frac{\pi }{4}\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(5\cdot \frac{\pi }{4}\right)\right]\hfill \\ \text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\left(1+i\right)}^{5}=4\sqrt{2}\left[\mathrm{cos}\left(\frac{5\pi }{4}\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(\frac{5\pi }{4}\right)\right]\hfill \\ \text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\left(1+i\right)}^{5}=4\sqrt{2}\left[-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}+i\left(-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\right)\right]\hfill \\ \text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}{\left(1+i\right)}^{5}=-4-4i\hfill \end{array}$

## Finding roots of complex numbers in polar form

To find the n th root of a complex number in polar form, we use the $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}n\text{th}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ Root Theorem or De Moivre’s Theorem    and raise the complex number to a power with a rational exponent. There are several ways to represent a formula for finding $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}n\text{th}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ roots of complex numbers in polar form.

## The n Th root theorem

To find the $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}n\text{th}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ root of a complex number in polar form, use the formula given as

${z}^{\frac{1}{n}}={r}^{\frac{1}{n}}\left[\mathrm{cos}\left(\frac{\theta }{n}+\frac{2k\pi }{n}\right)+i\mathrm{sin}\left(\frac{\theta }{n}+\frac{2k\pi }{n}\right)\right]$

where $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}k=0,\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}1,\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}2,\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}3,\text{\hspace{0.17em}}.\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}.\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}.\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}},\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}n-1.\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ We add $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\frac{2k\pi }{n}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ to $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\frac{\theta }{n}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ in order to obtain the periodic roots.

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