Complex Analysis: Theory and Applications · Problem 1.2.14

Complex Numbers — Howell & Matthews

Mathematics — Complex Analysis · wessel-multiplication-ordered-pairs

Problem

Recall the following trigonometric identities: (a) cos⁡(θ1+θ2)=cos⁡θ1cos⁡θ2−sin⁡θ1sin⁡θ2\cos(\theta_1 + \theta_2) = \cos\theta_1\cos\theta_2 - \sin\theta_1\sin\theta_2; (b) sin⁡(θ1+θ2)=cos⁡θ1sin⁡θ2+cos⁡θ2sin⁡θ1\sin(\theta_1 + \theta_2) = \cos\theta_1\sin\theta_2 + \cos\theta_2\sin\theta_1. Use these identities to show (using Wessel's analogy for the norm and angular displacement discussed in Section 1.1.4) that the ordered-pair definition for the product of two vectors must agree with Equation (1.10) of the text. In other words, show that it must be the case that, if z1=(x1,y1)z_1 = (x_1, y_1) and z2=(x2,y2)z_2 = (x_2, y_2), then z1z2=(x1x2−y1y2, x1y2+x2y1)\mathbf{z_1 z_2} = (x_1 x_2 - y_1 y_2,\, x_1 y_2 + x_2 y_1).

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