COMPLEX NUMBERS SIMPLY EXPLAINED WITH PURPOSE AND APPLICATIONS

COMPLEX NUMBERS SIMPLY EXPLAINED WITH PURPOSE AND APPLICATIONS.

|||| Complex number indicate inclination almost always.

|||| Example 1
Imagine you opened a picture in microsoft paint. 
Now lets say you rotated that image by 90 degrees. That is "i".

i = inclination by 90 degrees.

i * i = inclination by 180 degrees.

i*i*i = inclination by 270 degrees.

i*i*i*i= inclination by 360 degrees.

                              and so on.

Why is complex numbers a part of maths?
A normal number line can be used to denote an increase or a decrease in length or distance or area etc.

||||However, can such a line help you when the object has just been rotated or inclined at an angle?

|||| This where the complex plane comes into picture. It is used to measure how much you are inclining the object.


WHAT ABOUT NUMBERS LIKE 3+4i?

|||| Is it necessary that an object should be inclined by 90 degree or 180 degree or 270 degree sharp?
|||| Cant it be inclined at a lesser or an intermediate angle.
|||| If you take tan inverse of 3 + 4i, you will get the angle by which it is inclined.
|||| 3 is the view you will get if you stands upon the x-axis and look upwards towards the object (i.e the top view) 

|||| 4 is the view one will get if climb up the Y-axis like climbing up a pole and then try to view that object (i.e 4 is the front view of the object)

|||| Now what is the actual length of the object? 

|||| It can be found by sqrt(3*3 + 4 *4).


WHAT DOES THE COMPLEX PLANE LOOK LIKE?



|||| In many ways it looks like a map having NORTH, SOUTH and EAST, WEST arrows.

|||| The only difference : Instead of North-South, there is i and -i.

|||| And instead of East-West, there is 1 and -1.

|||| Now let's say that you are standing facing towards the East. This is like going towards i on a complex plane and so on.
|||| Comparing these two planes, we can say the following,
 East ~ 1
 North~ i
 West ~ -1
 South ~ -i.


THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NUMBER 1 IN MATHS.

|||| 1 is a number which denotes 'full' or 'complete' of anything.

|||| Just a 1/2 denotes 'half' of the full, 1/3 denotes 'one-third' of  the full, 1/4 denotes a 'quarter' of the full,......1 denotes 'fully itself'

|||| Similarly -1 denotes 'full' by inverted upside down. Imagine a machine in which objects when put come out with the original shape and size, but made to point in the opposite direction. '-1' in maths is another way to say, 'Size,Shape kept as it is, but direction inverted by 180 degree.


NOW WHAT ABOUT 'i'?

|||| Instead of seeing it as i, you may see it as 1i.

|||| i is a mathematical way of saying, "Size, shape, kept intact, but rotated by an angle of 90 degrees.

|||| - i is a mathematical way of saying, "Size,shape, kept intact, but rotated by an angle of 270 degrees.


COMPLEX CONJUGATES.

|||| 3+4i  is like an arrow pointing 3 degrees eastwards and 4 degrees Northwards.

|||| 3-4i is like an arrow pointing 3 degree eastwards, but now 4 degrees Southwards.

|||| To do this, you just have to rotate the first arrow by 90 degrees vertically downwards.

|||| So thus, a complex conjugate is nothing but an object rotated by 90 degree vertically (upwards or downwards).


WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE i, j and the k planes?

|||| To understand this, all you have to do is ask yourself, "In how many different directions(planes actually) can I rotate any object in my hand?

|||| You will see that there are 3 planes in which this can be done.

1] You can rotate the object in a x-plane, or in a y-plane or a z-plane.

2] Just as we have x,y and z co-ordinates to pinpoint the magnitude of an object or force, we have the i,j and k co-ordinates in maths to pinpoint the direction of rotation of the object.


COMPLEX NUMBERS AND ITS TRUE SIGNIFICANCE AND APPLICATIONS.

|||| Complex numbers come in mathematics when a force gets divided into two branches due to its inclination. Want a example?

|||| Imagine a missile which strikes a ground initially at 90 degree. Let's say its force was 5 kN.


|||| Now imagine another case in which the missile hit the ground inclined manner. Now the force of the missile gets branched into two components as follows

1] A vertical component which is calculated by 5sin(angle of incidence).

2] A horizontal component which is calculated by 5cos(angle of incidence).

So whenever a Full force gets divided into two or more forces due to rotation or inclination or such other phenomenon, complex numbers come into picture.

|||| To picturize the significance of complex numbers, just imagine a scenerio where complex numbers are not there. Instead of writing the component forces as 3+4i, say we write it as 3+4, now wont the reader feel that these two numbers have to be added and the result should be 7?

|||| That is where complex numbers come in. They warn us that the 3 and the 4 are not meant to be added together as we did in high school. That things are a bit, hmm what to say 'complex' in this case?

|||| One needs to understand that the net force of 5 got divided into two branches , a vertical branch of 4 and a horizontal branch of 3 due to an inclination of an angle of tan inverse of (4/3)....(whatever the answer....sorry, am a bit lazy to go to the calculator right now).

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