Converting complex numbers expressed in different forms


By Mike Lau (P3469) on Wednesday, April 18, 2001 - 02:18 pm :

1. Convert the complex number 3cis(-2Pi/3) to standard form & exponential form.
[3cis(-2Pi/3) = 3(cos(-2pi /3)+isin(-2pi /3)). - The Editor]
2. Convert the complex number 3e11pi /6 to standard form & polar form.
3. Use De Moivre's Theorem to simplify the following & leave the answer in standard form.
[(-5-5i)4 ] x [((sqrt3)+ 3i)2 ]


By Anonymous on Thursday, April 19, 2001 - 09:14 pm :

All you need to remember is that

x+iy=rcis(θ)

when x=rcos(θ)

and y=rsin(θ)
That should make the converting to standard form easy. Polar form and exponential form are practically equivalent anyway.

When in doubt, draw an argand diagram, and do it from trig.