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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2011 ia Paper 1 1C ii Solution by
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Away from the negative real axis, the complex conjugate has principal complex argument . ConsequentlyTaking the complex modulus gives , hence . The remaining equation is , soOn 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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