Re: Complex solutions to simple equations
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- Subject: [mg104744] Re: [mg104705] Complex solutions to simple equations
- From: Mark McClure <mcmcclur at unca.edu>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 06:48:59 -0500 (EST)
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On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 6:49 AM, dragonman <morrisneedleman at gmail.com> wrote:
> I want the solutions to x^n=1 to appear in the form r(cos theta +isin
> theta) and then to graph them on an Argand diagram. Any advice given
> would be much appreciated.
Here are the solutions to such an equation in
the form you want.
sols = ExpToTrig[z /. Solve[z^99 == 1, z]]
And here they are in the plane.
ListPlot[Table[{Re[z], Im[z]}, {z, sols}],
AspectRatio -> Automatic]
Mark McClure
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- Complex solutions to simple equations
- From: dragonman <morrisneedleman@gmail.com>
- Complex solutions to simple equations