Past JEE Main Entrance Paper Set-I

Imaginary numbers:

Square root of a negative number is called an imaginary number., for example,
\(
\sqrt{-9}=\sqrt{-1} \sqrt{9}=i 3, \sqrt{-7}=\sqrt{-1} \sqrt{7}=i \sqrt{7}
\)

Integral powers of \(i\)

\(
i=\sqrt{-1}, i^2=-1, i^3=i^2 i=-i, i^4=\left(i^2\right)^2=(-1)^2=1 \text {. }
\)

To compute \(i^n\) for \(n>4\), we divide \(n\) by 4 and write it in the form \(n=4 m+r\), where \(m\) is quotient and \(r\) is remainder \((0 \leq r \leq 4)\)
Hence \(i^n=i^{4 m+r}=\left(i^4\right)^m \cdot(i)^r=(1)^m(i)^r=i^r\)

For example,
\(
(i)^{39}=(i)^{4 \times 9+3}=\left(i^4\right)^9 \cdot(i)^3=i^3=-i
\)
and
\(
\begin{aligned}
(i)^{-435}=(i)^{-(4 \times 108+3)} & =(i)^{-(4 \times 108)} \cdot(i)^{-3} \\
& =\frac{1}{\left(i^4\right)^{108}} \cdot \frac{1}{(i)^3}=\frac{i}{(i)^4}=i
\end{aligned}
\)
(i) If \(a\) and \(b\) are positive real numbers, then
\(
\sqrt{-a} \times \sqrt{-b}=\sqrt{-1} \sqrt{a} \times \sqrt{-1} \sqrt{b}=i \sqrt{a} \times i \sqrt{b}=-\sqrt{a b}
\)
(ii) \(\sqrt{a} \cdot \sqrt{b}=\sqrt{a b}\) if \(a\) and \(b\) are positive or at least one of them is negative or zero. However, \(\sqrt{a} \sqrt{b} \neq \sqrt{a b}\) if \(a\) and \(b\), both are negative.

Complex numbers

  • A number which can be written in the form \(a+i b\), where \(a, b\) are real numbers and \(i=\sqrt{-1}\) is called a complex number.
  • If \(z=a+i b\) is the complex number, then \(a\) and \(b\) are called real and imaginary parts, respectively, of the complex number and written as \(\operatorname{Re}(z)=a, \operatorname{Im}(z)=b\).
  • Order relations “greater than” and “less than” are not defined for complex numbers.
  • If the imaginary part of a complex number is zero, then the complex number is known as purely real number and if real part is zero, then it is called purely imaginary number, for example, 2 is a purely real number because its imaginary part is zero and \(3 i\) is a purely imaginary number because its real part is zero.

Algebra of complex numbers

  • Two complex numbers \(z_1=a+i b\) and \(z_2=c+i d\) are said to be equal if \(a=c\) and \(b=d\).
  • Let \(z_1=a+i b\) and \(z_2=c+i d\) be two complex numbers then \(z_1+z_2=(a+c)+i(b+d)\)

Addition of complex numbers satisfies the following properties

  • As the sum of two complex numbers is again a complex number, the set of complex numbers is closed with respect to addition.
  • Addition of complex numbers is commutative, i.e., \(z_1+z_2=z_2+z_1\)
  • Addition of complex numbers is associative, i.e., \(\left(z_1+z_2\right)+z_3=z_1+\left(z_2+z_3\right)\)
  • For any complex number \(z=x+i y\), there exist 0 , i.e., \((0+0 i)\) complex number such that \(z+0=0+z=z\), known as identity element for addition.
  • For any complex number \(z=x+i y\), there always exists a number \(-z=-a-i b\) such that \(z+(-z)=(-z)+z=0\) and is known as the additive inverse of \(z\).

Multiplication of complex numbers

Let \(z_1=a+i b\) and \(z_2=c+i d\), be two complex numbers. Then \(z_1 \cdot z_2=(a+i b)(c+i d)=(a c-b d)+i(a d+b c)\)

  • As the product of two complex numbers is a complex number, the set of complex numbers is closed with respect to multiplication.
  • Multiplication of complex numbers is commutative, i.e., \(z_1 \cdot z_2=z_2 \cdot z_1\)
  • Multiplication of complex numbers is associative, i.e., \(\left(z_1 \cdot z_2\right) \cdot z_3=z_1 \cdot\left(z_2 \cdot z_3\right)\)
  • For any complex number \(z=x+i y\), there exists a complex number 1 , i.e., \((1+0 i)\) such that
    \(z .1=1 . z=z\), known as identity element for multiplication.
  • For any non zero complex number \(z=x+i y\), there exists a complex number \(\frac{1}{z}\) such that \(z \cdot \frac{1}{z}=\frac{1}{z} \cdot z=1\), i.e., multiplicative inverse of \(a+i b=\frac{1}{a+i b}=\frac{a-i b}{a^2+b^2}\).
  • For any three complex numbers \(z_1, z_2\) and \(z_3\),
    and
    \(
    \begin{aligned}
    & z_1 \cdot\left(z_2+z_3\right)=z_1 \cdot z_2+z_1 \cdot z_3 \\
    & \left(z_1+z_2\right) \cdot z_3=z_1 \cdot z_3+z_2 \cdot z_3
    \end{aligned}
    \)
    i.e., for complex numbers multiplication is distributive over addition.
  • Let \(z_1=a+i b\) and \(z_2(\neq 0)=c+i d\). Then
    \(
    z_1 \div z_2=\frac{z_1}{z_2}=\frac{a+i b}{c+i d}=\frac{(a c+b d)}{c^2+d^2}+i \frac{(b c-a d)}{c^2+d^2}
    \)

Conjugate of a complex number

Let \(z=a+i b\) be a complex number. Then a complex number obtained by changing the sign of imaginary part of the complex number is called the conjugate of \(z\) and it is denoted by \(\bar{z}\), i.e., \(\bar{z}=a-i b\).
Note that additive inverse of \(z\) is \(-a-i b\) but conjugate of \(z\) is \(a-i b\).
We have :

  • \(\overline{(\bar{z}})=z\)
  • \(z+\bar{z}=2 \operatorname{Re}(z), z-\bar{z}=2 i \operatorname{Im}(z)\)
  • \(z=\bar{z}\), if \(z\) is purely real.
  • \(z+\bar{z}=0 \Leftrightarrow z\) is purely imaginary
  • \(z \cdot \bar{z}=\{\operatorname{Re}(z)\}^2+\{\operatorname{Im}(z)\}^2\).
  • \(\overline{\left(z_1+z_2\right)}=\bar{z}_1+\bar{z}_2,\left(\overline{z_1-z_2}\right)=\bar{z}_1-\bar{z}_2\)
  • \(\left(\overline{z_1 \cdot z_2}\right)=\left(\bar{z}_1\right)\left(\overline{z_2}\right), \overline{\left(\frac{z_1}{z_2}\right)}=\frac{\left(\bar{z}_1\right)}{\left(\bar{z}_2\right)}\left(\bar{z}_2 \neq 0\right)\)

Modulus of a complex number

Let \(z=a+i b\) be a complex number. Then the positive square root of the sum of square of real part and square of imaginary part is called modulus (absolute value) of \(z\) and it is denoted by \(|z|\) i.e., \(|z|=\sqrt{a^2+b^2}\)
In the set of complex numbers \(z_1>z_2\) or \(z_1<z_2\) are meaningless but
\(
\left|z_1\right|>\left|z_2\right| \text { or }\left|z_1\right|<\left|z_2\right|
\)
are meaningful because \(\left|z_1\right|\) and \(\left|z_2\right|\) are real numbers.

Properties of modulus of a complex number

  • \(|z|=0 \Leftrightarrow z=0\) i.e., \(\operatorname{Re}(z)=0\) and \(\operatorname{Im}(z)=0\)
  • \(|z|=|z|=|-z|\)
  • \(-|z| \leq \operatorname{Re}(z) \leq|z|\) and \(-|z| \leq \operatorname{Im}(z) \leq|z|\)
  • \(z \bar{z}=|z|^2,\left|z^2\right|=|z|^2\)
  • \(\left|z_1 z_2\right|=\left|z_1\right| \cdot\left|z_2\right|,\left|\frac{z_1}{z_2}\right|=\frac{\left|z_1\right|}{\left|z_2\right|}\left(z_2 \neq 0\right)\)
  • \(\left|z_1+z_2\right|^2=\left|z_1\right|^2+\left|z_2\right|^2+2 \operatorname{Re}\left(z_1 \bar{z}_2\right)\)
  • \(\left|z_1-z_2\right|^2=\left|z_1\right|^2+\left|z_2\right|^2-2 \operatorname{Re}\left(z_1 \bar{z}_2\right)\)
  • \(\left|z_1+z_2\right| \leq\left|z_1\right|+\left|z_2\right|\)
  • \(\left|z_1-z_2\right| \geq\left|z_1\right|-\left|z_2\right|\)
  • \(\left.\left|a z_1-b z_2\right|^2+\left|b z_1+a z_2\right|^2=\left(a^2+b^2\right)\left(|z_1\right|^2+\left|z_2\right|^2\right)\)
    In particular:
    \(
    \left|z_1-z_2\right|^2+\left|z_1+z_2\right|^2=2\left(\left.|z_1\right|^2+\left|z_2\right|^2\right)
    \)
  • As stated earlier multiplicative inverse (reciprocal) of a complex number \(z=a+i b(\neq 0)\) is
    \(
    \frac{1}{z}=\frac{a-i b}{a^2+b^2}=\frac{\bar{z}}{|z|^2}
    \)

Argand Plane

A complex number \(z=a+i b\) can be represented by a unique point \(P (a, b)\) in the cartesian plane referred to a pair of rectangular axes. The complex number \(0+0 i\) represent the origin \(O(0,0)\). Apurely real number \(a\), i.e., \((a+0 i)\) is represented by the point \((a, 0)\) on \(x\)-axis. Therefore, \(x\)-axis is called real axis. Apurely imaginary number \(i b\), i.e., \((0+i b)\) is represented by the point \((0, b)\) on \(y\)-axis. Therefore, \(y\)-axis is called imaginary axis.

Similarly, the representation of complex numbers as points in the plane is known as Argand diagram. The plane representing complex numbers as points is called complex plane or Argand plane or Gaussian plane.
If two complex numbers \(z_1\) and \(z_2\) be represented by the points \(P\) and \(Q\) in the complex plane, then
\(
\left|z_1-z_2\right|= PQ
\)

Polar form of a complex number

Let \(P\) be a point representing a non-zero complex number \(z=a+i b\) in the Argand plane. If OP makes an angle \(\theta\) with the positive direction of \(x\)-axis, then \(z=r(\cos \theta+i \sin \theta)\) is called the polar form of the complex number, where \(r=|z|=\sqrt{a^2+b^2}\) and \(\tan \theta=\frac{b}{a}\). Here \(\theta\) is called argument or amplitude of \(z\) and we write it as \(\arg (z)=\theta\).
The unique value of \(\theta\) such that \(-\pi \leq \theta \leq \pi\) is called the principal argument.
\(
\begin{aligned}
\arg \left(z_1 \cdot z_2\right) & =\arg \left(z_1\right)+\arg \left(z_2\right) \\
\arg \left(\frac{z_1}{z_2}\right) & =\arg \left(z_1\right)-\arg \left(z_2\right)
\end{aligned}
\)

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