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JEE Advanced 2007 · Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations

If ∣z∣=1|z| = 1 and z≠±1z \neq \pm 1, then all the values of z1−z2\frac{z}{1-z^{2}} lie on

Answer: D. the y-axis

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If |z| = 1 and z ≠ ± 1, then all the values of z/(1-z²) lie on ∣z∣=1,z≠±1|z| = 1,\quad z \neq \pm 1 so z lies on the unit circle, z≠1, −1\text{so } z \text{ lies on the unit circle, } z \neq 1,\ -1 z1−z2\dfrac{z}{1-z^{2}} Find the locus these values satisfy\text{Find the locus these values satisfy} ∣z∣=1⇒zˉ=1z|z| = 1 \Rightarrow \bar{z} = \dfrac{1}{z} w=z1−z2w = \dfrac{z}{1-z^{2}} w=z1−z2w = \dfrac{z}{1-z^{2}} wˉ=zˉ1−zˉ2\bar{w} = \dfrac{\bar{z}}{1-\bar{z}^{2}} wˉ=1/z1−1/z2\bar{w} = \dfrac{1/z}{1-1/z^{2}} wˉ=1/zz2−1z2\bar{w} = \dfrac{1/z}{\dfrac{z^{2}-1}{z^{2}}} =1z⋅z2z2−1= \dfrac{1}{z}\cdot\dfrac{z^{2}}{z^{2}-1} wˉ=zz2−1\bar{w} = \dfrac{z}{z^{2}-1} wˉ=zz2−1=−z1−z2\bar{w} = \dfrac{z}{z^{2}-1} = -\dfrac{z}{1-z^{2}} wˉ=−w\bar{w} = -w wˉ=−w⇒2 Re(w)=0\bar{w} = -w \Rightarrow 2\,\text{Re}(w) = 0 w=0+iy(purely imaginary)w = 0 + iy \quad (\text{purely imaginary}) Trace of w: the y-axis\text{Trace of } w: \text{ the y-axis} z=eiθ,θ≠0, πz = e^{i\theta}, \quad \theta \neq 0,\ \pi w=eiθ1−e2iθw = \dfrac{e^{i\theta}}{1-e^{2i\theta}} 1−e2iθ=eiθ ⁣(e−iθ−eiθ)1-e^{2i\theta} = e^{i\theta}\!\left(e^{-i\theta}-e^{i\theta}\right) w=eiθeiθ ⁣(e−iθ−eiθ)=1e−iθ−eiθw = \dfrac{e^{i\theta}}{e^{i\theta}\!\left(e^{-i\theta}-e^{i\theta}\right)} = \dfrac{1}{e^{-i\theta}-e^{i\theta}} eiθ−e−iθ=2isin⁡θe^{i\theta}-e^{-i\theta} = 2i\sin\theta w=1−2isin⁡θw = \dfrac{1}{-2i\sin\theta} w=i2sin⁡θw = \dfrac{i}{2\sin\theta} sin⁡θ≠0⇒w≠0, but w stays on the y-axis\sin\theta \neq 0 \Rightarrow w \neq 0,\ \text{but } w \text{ stays on the y-axis} Answer: (4) the y-axis\text{Answer: (4) the y-axis}

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