Here is as far as I got.
First we write $1+2i$ in the polar form which is $\sqrt{5}e^{i\alpha}$ ($\alpha$ is the argument of $1+2i$ which turns out to be $\arctan2$). Therefore the square roots are $\pm \sqrt{\sqrt{5}} (\cos{\alpha/2}+i\sin{\alpha/2})$.
The answer given at the back is $\pm (\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{5}+1}{2}}+i\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{5}-1}{2}})$. How to I get it into this form?
Answer
setting $$\sqrt{1+2i}=a+bi$$ we get the system $$1=a^2-b^2$$ and $$2=2ab$$
No comments:
Post a Comment