11th Class Mathematics Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations Question Bank Critical Thinking

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    If \[{{z}_{r}}=\cos \frac{r\alpha }{{{n}^{2}}}+i\sin \frac{r\alpha }{{{n}^{2}}},\] where r = 1, 2, 3,?.,n, then \[\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\,{{z}_{1}}{{z}_{2}}{{z}_{3}}...{{z}_{n}}\] is equal to [UPSEAT 2001]

    A) \[\cos \alpha +i\,\sin \alpha \]

    B) \[\cos (\alpha /2)-i\sin (\alpha /2)\]

    C) \[{{e}^{i\alpha /2}}\]

    D) \[\sqrt[3]{{{e}^{i\alpha }}}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    \[{{z}_{r}}=\cos \frac{r\alpha }{{{n}^{2}}}+i\sin \frac{r\alpha }{{{n}^{2}}}\] \[{{z}_{1}}=\cos \frac{\alpha }{{{n}^{2}}}+i\sin \frac{\alpha }{{{n}^{2}}}\]; \[{{z}_{2}}=\cos \frac{2\alpha }{{{n}^{2}}}+i\sin \frac{2\alpha }{{{n}^{2}}}\]; .... Þ \[{{z}_{n}}=\,\cos \frac{n\alpha }{{{n}^{2}}}+i\sin \frac{n\alpha }{{{n}^{2}}}\] \[\Rightarrow \underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,({{z}_{1}}\,{{z}_{2}}\,{{z}_{3}}.........{{z}_{n}})\] \[=\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\left[ \cos \,\left\{ \frac{\alpha }{{{n}^{2}}}(1+2+3+...+n) \right\} \right.\]\[\left. +i\sin \,\left\{ \frac{\alpha }{{{n}^{2}}}(1+2+3+...+n) \right\} \right]\] \[=\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\left[ \cos \frac{\alpha \,n(n+1)}{2{{n}^{2}}}+i\sin \frac{\alpha \,n(n+1)}{2{{n}^{2}}} \right]\] \[=\,\cos \frac{\alpha }{2}+i\sin \frac{\alpha }{2}={{e}^{\frac{i\alpha }{2}}}\].


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