EDEXCEL FURTHER MATHS CORE PURE YEAR 1 TEST.
im=m-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mm√-1
Imaginarymnumberm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmAmnumbermofmthemformmbi,mwherembm∈mR
Complexmnumberm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmWrittenminmthemformmam+mbi,mwherema,mbm∈mR
Linkingmimaginarymnumbersmtomdiscriminantm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmIfmb²m-
m4acm<m0,mtheremaremnomrealmroots
Complexmnumbersmcanmbemaddedmormsubtractedmbym-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmaddingmormsubtractingmtheirmrealmpartsmandmaddingmormsubtrac
tingmtheirmimaginarymparts
Youmcanmmultiplymamrealmnumbermbymamcomplexmnumbermbym-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmultiplyingmoutmthembracketsminmthemusualmway
Ifmb²m-m4acm<m0,mthenmthemquadraticmequationmax²m+mbxm+mcmhasm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmtwomdistinctmcomplexmroots,mneithermofmwhichmaremreal
i²m=m-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mm-1
Principalmsquaremrootmofmamcomplexmnumberm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mm√z,mhasmampositivemrealmpart
Formanymcomplexmnumbermzm=mam+mbi,mthemcomplexmconjugatemofmthemnumbermismdefi
nedmasm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmz*m=mam-mbi
zmandmz*maremcalledm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmamcomplexmconjugatempair
Youmcanmusemconjugatesmtom-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmdividemtwomcomplexmnumbers
Argandmdiagramm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mm-mRepresentsmcomplexmnumbers
-mx-axismismthemrealmaxismandmy-axismismthemimaginarymaxis
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mzm=mxm+miymismrepresentedmbymthempointmP(x,y)mwheremxmandmymaremCartesianmcoor
dinates
Themcomplexmnumbermzm=mxm+miymcanmbemrepresentedmasm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmthemvectorm(xmy)monmanmArgandmdiagram
Modulusm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmMagnitudemofmamcorrespondingmvector
Modulusmofmamcomplexmnumberm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mm|
z|,mdistancemfrommthemoriginmtomthatmnumbermonmanmArgandmdiagram.
Formamcomplexmnumbermzm=mxm+miy,mthemmodulusmismgivenmbym-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mm|z|m=mroot(x²m+my²)
Argumentmofmamcomplexmnumberm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmthemanglemitsmcorrespondingmvectormmakesmwithmthempositivemr
ealmaxis
im=m-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mm√-1
Imaginarymnumberm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmAmnumbermofmthemformmbi,mwherembm∈mR
Complexmnumberm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmWrittenminmthemformmam+mbi,mwherema,mbm∈mR
Linkingmimaginarymnumbersmtomdiscriminantm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmIfmb²m-
m4acm<m0,mtheremaremnomrealmroots
Complexmnumbersmcanmbemaddedmormsubtractedmbym-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmaddingmormsubtractingmtheirmrealmpartsmandmaddingmormsubtrac
tingmtheirmimaginarymparts
Youmcanmmultiplymamrealmnumbermbymamcomplexmnumbermbym-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmultiplyingmoutmthembracketsminmthemusualmway
Ifmb²m-m4acm<m0,mthenmthemquadraticmequationmax²m+mbxm+mcmhasm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmtwomdistinctmcomplexmroots,mneithermofmwhichmaremreal
i²m=m-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mm-1
Principalmsquaremrootmofmamcomplexmnumberm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mm√z,mhasmampositivemrealmpart
Formanymcomplexmnumbermzm=mam+mbi,mthemcomplexmconjugatemofmthemnumbermismdefi
nedmasm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmz*m=mam-mbi
zmandmz*maremcalledm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmamcomplexmconjugatempair
Youmcanmusemconjugatesmtom-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmdividemtwomcomplexmnumbers
Argandmdiagramm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mm-mRepresentsmcomplexmnumbers
-mx-axismismthemrealmaxismandmy-axismismthemimaginarymaxis
-
mzm=mxm+miymismrepresentedmbymthempointmP(x,y)mwheremxmandmymaremCartesianmcoor
dinates
Themcomplexmnumbermzm=mxm+miymcanmbemrepresentedmasm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmthemvectorm(xmy)monmanmArgandmdiagram
Modulusm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmMagnitudemofmamcorrespondingmvector
Modulusmofmamcomplexmnumberm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mm|
z|,mdistancemfrommthemoriginmtomthatmnumbermonmanmArgandmdiagram.
Formamcomplexmnumbermzm=mxm+miy,mthemmodulusmismgivenmbym-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mm|z|m=mroot(x²m+my²)
Argumentmofmamcomplexmnumberm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmthemanglemitsmcorrespondingmvectormmakesmwithmthempositivemr
ealmaxis