Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2011/ia/paper-1/1c/ii/solution

Away from the negative real axis, the complex conjugate has principal complex argument . Consequently
Taking the complex modulus gives , hence . The remaining equation is , so
On the negative real axis, both and have principal complex argument , so the left-hand side has modulus , not two. There are no additional solutions there. The printed second term is the principal power of , not the complex conjugate of .

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