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StephanJ
Sep1-11, 06:14 AM
Hey People just a general question

Is the following necessarily possible?

|z23|=|z|23

Where z is a complex number. I can't think of a reason why not but then again complex numbers have some subtle behaviours.

Thanks

Hootenanny
Sep1-11, 06:28 AM
Welcome to Physics Forums.
Hey People just a general question

Is the following necessarily possible?

|z23|=|z|23

Where z is a complex number. I can't think of a reason why not but then again complex numbers have some subtle behaviours.

Thanks
If we take a look in polar form, we have

|z^{n}| = ||z|^ne^{in\cdot\text{arg}z}| = |z|^n|e^{in\cdot\text{arg}z}| = |z|^n

StephanJ
Sep1-11, 06:38 AM
Haha I can't believe I didn't try polar form. Thanks for that