Hi. Please, could somebody explain how to do question iv)? I am fine with the prior parts of the question, just not sure about iv). I will attach the mark scheme. Thanks in advance!

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1 Answer
Jun 20, 2018

w = jalpha, jbeta, jgamma, jdelta = j/2, -2j, -2+3j, 2+3jw=jα,jβ,jγ,jδ=j2,2j,2+3j,2+3j

Explanation:

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I know we're asked about (iv) but let's do the whole thing. I won't look what appears to be the answer until the end.

f(z) = 2z^4 - 9z^3 + Az^2 + Bz - 26, quad A, B real

We're given one root gamma =3+2j and the real coefficients mean the complex roots come in conjugate pairs, so another root is delta = bar{gamma} = 3-2j. gamma + delta = 6 and the product of conjugates is the squared magnitude, gamma delta=3^2+2^2=13.

So we have

(z-gamma)(z-delta) =z^2 - (gamma+delta) z + gamma delta = z^2 -6z + 13

We'll come back to that.

Let's derive and apply the relevant Viete's formulas for our case. 1/2 f(z) is a monic polynomial with the same zeros as f. We sorta know its factorization because we've named the roots:

1/2 f(z) = z^4 + 9/2 z^3 + A/2 z^2 + B/2 z - 13 = (z- alpha)(z-beta)(z-gamma)(z-delta)

We see the constant term

-13 = (-alpha)(-beta)(-gamma)(-delta) = alpha beta gamma delta = 13 alpha beta so

alpha beta = -1

The cubic term we see is

-9/2 z^3 = (-alpha - beta - gamma - delta) z^3

9/2 = alpha + beta + gamma + delta = alpha + beta + 6

alpha + beta = -3/2

So now we have

0 = (z-alpha)(z-beta)=z^2-(alpha+beta)z + alpha beta = z^2+3/2 z - 1

0 = 2z^2 + 3 z - 2

0= (2z - 1)(z + 2)

z = 1/2 or z=-2

alpha>beta so alpha = 1/2, beta=-2

Our original f(z) must be

f(z) = 2(z- alpha)(z-beta)(z-gamma)(z-delta)

f(z)=(2z^2 + 3 z - 2)(z^2 -6z + 13)

f(z) = 2 z^4 - 9 z^3 + 6 z^2 + 51 z - 26

A=6

B=51

OK, finally to part iv.

If we know f(z)=0 then

f(j/j z) = 0

f((jz)/j) = 0

So if w=jz

f(w/j) = 0

So we get

w = jalpha, jbeta, jgamma, jdelta

w = j/2, -2j, -2+3j, 2+3j