Gives the general formula then applies this to an example. Cartesian form is convert to polar form, then the required power of the number is calculated, and finally the result is converted back into Cartesian form.

Powers of complex numbers (MathsCasts)

These MathsCasts were produced by the mathematics support centres at Swinburne University, the University of Limerick and Loughborough University. They were part of a collaborative research project to develop high quality resources and investigate the effectiveness of MathsCasts to support mathematics learning. The full set of resources are available at http://commons.swin.edu.au/s/mathscasts MathsCasts are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License

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Powers of complex numbers (MathsCasts)

Powers of complex numbers (MathsCasts)