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Chap1 Geometry of Complex Numbers
Chap1 Geometry of Complex Numbers
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Chapter 1
Note: These lecture notes aim to present a clear and crisp presentation of some topics in Complex
Analysis. Comments/suggestions are welcome on the e-mail: sukuyd@gmail.com to Dr. Suresh Kumar.
x z= H x ,yL
X
O
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(x1 , 0)(x2 , 0) = (x1 x2 , 0).
The complex number system is, therefore, a natural extension of the real number system.
We shall denote the imaginary number (0, 1) by i. For simplified representation, we write x for (x, 0) and
y for (y, 0). Thus, the simplified representation of z is
z = x + iy.
the point (x, y) (representing the complex number z) from the origin (0, 0). Some straightforward but
important properties of modulus are given below.
(1) For any two complex numbers z1 and z2 , we have |z1 | < |z2 | or |z1 | = |z2 | or |z1 | > |z2 |. Note that
the expressions z1 < z2 or z1 > z2 are not meaningful unless z1 and z2 are pure real numbers.
(2) The equation |z − z0 | = r represents a circle with centre at z0 and radius r in the complex plane.
The inequality |z − z0 | < r represents the interior region of the circle |z − z0 | = r while the inequality
|z − z0 | > r represents the entire region in the complex plane exterior to the circle |z − z0 | = r.
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The expression z1 + (−z2 ) denoted by z1 − z2 is called the difference of z1 from z2 . The expression z1 z2−1 denoted by z1
z2
is called the division of z1 by z2 .
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x z= H x ,yL
ÈzÈ
y
X
O
(3) Let a point P (x, y) in the XY-plane corresponds to a complex number z = x + iy. If we assign the
−−→ −−→
position vector OP of P to represent the complex number z, then |z| = |OP |. Considering the vector
representation of complex numbers, one can easily demonstrate the addition and difference of two complex
numbers in the complex plane as per the rules of vector algebra. However, note that the product of two
complex numbers can not be associated with the dot product or scalar product of vectors.
(4) For any two complex numbers z1 and z2 , we have |z1 z2 | = |z1 ||z2 | and |z1 /z2 | = |z1 |/|z2 | provided
z2 ̸= 0. Further, we have |z1 + z2 | ≤ |z1 | + |z2 |, known as the triangle inequality. It simply says that the
length of any side of a triangle is less than or equal to the sum of the lengths of the other two sides. Also,
it can be proved that |z1 + z2 | ≥ ||z1 | − |z2 ||.
(5) |z|2 = (Rez)2 + (Imz)2 , Rez ≤ |Rez| ≤ |z| and Imz ≤ |Imz| ≤ |z|.
z+z z−z
(2) zz = |z|2 , Rez = 2 and Imz = 2i .
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It can be proved that (cos θ + i sin θ)n = cos(nθ) + i sin(nθ), that is, (eiθ )n = einθ . It is known as de Moivre’s formula
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x z= H x ,yL
ÈzÈ = r
y
Θ
X
O
(2) The nth roots of a non-zero complex number z0 are the roots of the equation z n = z0 . If z0 = r0 eiθ0
√
and z = reiθ , then z n = z0 yields rn = r0 and nθ = θ0 + 2kπ. So r = n r0 and θ = θn0 + 2kπ
n , and hence
the nth roots of z0 are given by
√ θ0 2kπ
z = r0 exp i
n
+ , k = 0, 1, 2, ......, n − 1.
n n
Note that the integer values of k less than 0 and greater than n − 1 do not yield any roots different from
√
the listed ones. Obviously, the nth roots of z0 lie symmetrically on the circle |z| = n r0 .
(3) One can easily prove that arg(z1 z2 ) = arg(z1 ) + arg(z2 ) and arg zz21 = arg(z1 ) − arg(z2 ). However,
one should be careful that these equalities hold in the sense that given any two arguments in the equality
there exists some value of the third argument satisfying the equality.
(4) Note that z = reiθ (0 ≤ θ ≤ 2π) is parametric representation of the circle |z| = r. As the parameter
θ increases from 0 to 2π, the point z traverses the circle |z| = r once in the counterclockwise direction
starting from the positive real axis.
1.2.1 Neighbourhoods
Let z0 be a complex number. Then for any ϵ > 0, the interior of the circle |z − z0 | = ϵ, that is,
the region |z − z0 | < ϵ defines a neighbourhood of z0 . The neighbourhood with z0 deleted, that is,
0 < |z − z0 | < ϵ is called deleted neighbourhood of z0 . For example, |z| < 1 is neighbourhood of 0. In
fact, it is neighbourhood of its every point. 0 < |z| < 1 is deleted neighbourhood of 0.
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0.5
X
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1
-0.5
-1
Figure 1.1: Shaded region stands for |z| < 1, the neighbourhood of z = 0.
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1+i
0.5
X
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1
-0.5
-1
Figure 1.2: z0 = 0.5, z1 = 1 + i and z2 = i are respectively the interior, exterior and boundary points of
S = {z : |z| ≤ 1}.
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Y
X
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2
-1
-2
-3
X
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2
-1
-2
-3