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#1 2014-10-25 22:27:16

thedarktiger
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algebra

Prove that if w,z are complex numbers such that |w|=|z|=1 and wz\ne -1, then \frac{w+z}{1+wz} is a real number.


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#2 2014-10-25 22:32:06

Bob
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Re: algebra

hi

What does this mean:  wz\ne -1   ?

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#3 2014-10-25 22:41:17

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Re: algebra

wz not equal to -1. He used LaTeX without the tags.

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#4 2014-10-25 22:43:21

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Re: algebra

Arhh.  Got it.  You mean wz not equal to 1.

I wrote w = a + bi and z = c + di

Then form the fraction and (without yet trying to simplify) multiply top and bottom by the complement of the bottom.

The new denominator will be real and the imaginary part of the numerator is

(b+d)(1 + ac - bd) - (a+c)(bc+ad)

You know that a^2+b^2 = c^2+d^2=1

So expand this, cancel and simplify until you're left with zero.

So the fraction is (a real)/(a real).

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#5 2014-10-26 21:49:41

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Re: algebra

Thanks. Sorry I forgot to place the [math] tags...


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#6 2017-02-25 12:46:13

Shrimpy
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Re: algebra

I'm kind of confused about the conjugate part...

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