Lesson Plan: Arbitrary Roots of Complex Numbers Mathematics
This lesson plan includes the objectives and prerequisites of the lesson teaching students how to use de Moivre’s theorem to find the 𝑛th roots of a complex number and explore their properties.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- find the roots of a complex number using algebraic methods,
- find the roots of a complex number using de Moivre’s theorem,
- represent the roots of complex numbers on an Argand diagram,
- make links between the roots of unity and the roots of complex numbers,
- solve geometric applications on roots of complex numbers.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- writing complex numbers in algebraic (rectangular and Cartesian), polar (trigonometric), and exponential (Euler’s) forms,
- representing different forms of complex numbers on an Argand diagram,
- roots of unity,
- primitive roots of unity.
