How do you find the two square roots of -1 + irad3?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-27T09:35:02

# +-(1/sqrt2+isqrt(3/2))=+-(1+isqrt3)/sqrt2#.

The desired square roots can be easily foung using

D'Moivre's Theorem.

Here is an Aliter.

Suppose that, #z=x+iy=sqrt(-1+isqrt3), (x,y in RR)#.

#:. z^2=(x+iy)^2=(-1+isqrt3)#.

But, #(x+iy)^2=x^2+2ixy+i^2y^2=(x^2-y^2)+2ixy#.

#:. (x+iy)^2=-1+isqrt3#,

# rArr (x^2-y^2)+i(2xy)=-1+isqrt3.#

Comparing real & imaginary parts, we have,

#x^2-y^2=-1 and 2xy=sqrt3," so that,"#

#(x^2+y^2)^2=(x^2-y^2)^2+4x^2y^2#,

#=(-1)^2+(sqrt3)^2#.

# rArr (x^2+y^2)^2=4," giving, "#

# x^2+y^2=+2......[because, x,y in RR]#.

Solving this with #x^2-y^2=-1,# we get,

#x=+-1/sqrt2, and, y=sqrt3/(2x)=+-sqrt(3/2)#.

Thus, the desired square roots are given by,

#x+iy=+-(1/sqrt2+isqrt(3/2))=+-(1+isqrt3)/sqrt2#.

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