Solution

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Complex conjugation reverses the argument, reciprocation also inverts the modulus, and multiplication by adds to the argument. With all arguments chosen in and ,
Thus is in the first quadrant, and lie on the same fourth-quadrant ray at radii two and one-half, and is diametrically opposite .
Figure 1.
Conjugation, reciprocation and negation on the Argand plane
. Original diagram using to illustrate the general locations and moduli of the four points. Details.

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