Solution

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The determinant is . Thus , and its four polynomial roots are
In Cartesian form these are , , and . Their moduli are one and their complex arguments are equally spaced by . The Argand diagram is therefore a square centered at the origin, with sides parallel to the coordinate axes.
Figure 1.
The four roots of z to the fourth equals minus one, plotted on the unit circle in the complex plane.
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