Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2016/ia/paper-1/1a/ii/solution

Write the complex number as . Since , the modulus of the complex exponential gives
This equals one precisely when . The quadratic formula shows that the imaginary part of either root is . Consequently the roots are real exactly at the two endpoints:
Both endpoints satisfy the condition. The repeated roots are respectively and ; their multiples by have exponentials on the unit circle.

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