{"id":5246,"date":"2021-12-04T07:28:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T07:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stgwebsite.mindspark.in\/studymaterial\/?page_id=5246"},"modified":"2021-12-14T12:52:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T12:52:55","slug":"meaning-properties-of-cube-roots-of-unity-mindspark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stgwebsite.mindspark.in\/studymaterial\/math-concepts\/meaning-properties-of-cube-roots-of-unity-mindspark\/","title":{"rendered":"MEANING &#038; PROPERTIES OF CUBE ROOTS OF UNITY &#8211; MINDSPARK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; module_class=&#8221;mainsec&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e0f2fd&#8221; z_index=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;5px||5px||true|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1310px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|51px|40px|51px|false|true&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;|40px|30px|40px|false|true&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|10px|10px|10px|10px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Column L&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.10&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Acute Angles<br \/>\n&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.18em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|0px||4px|false|false&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;35px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>MEANING &amp; PROPERTIES OF CUBE ROOTS OF UNITY &#8211; MINDSPARK<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.13.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#a01414&#8243; header_3_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;15px|15px|54px|4px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of you might have the opinion that only \u20181\u2019 is the cube root of \u20181\u2019 but no, that\u2019s not the case. There are other cube roots of \u20181\u2019 also. In this article, we are going to learn about the meaning, properties and some illustrations of the cube roots of unity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>CUBE ROOTS OF UNITY<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEANING\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a number is raised to the power of 3 and it results in getting the number \u20181\u2019, then it is said to be a cube of unity and the inverse of it is the cube root of unity. In simple words, we need to determine those numbers whose cube will give the result \u20181\u2019. The cube roots of unity are 1, <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\frac{-1+\\sqrt{3} i}{2}, \\frac{-1-\\sqrt{3} i}{2}<\/span>. Here \u20181\u2019 is the real root and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\frac{-1+\\sqrt{3 i}}{2} \\&amp; \\frac{-1-\\sqrt{3 i}}{2}<\/span> are imaginary roots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>HOW DO YOU FIND THE ROOTS OF UNITY?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suppose \u2018t\u2019 is the number whose cube is 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\text { So, } t^{3}=1, \\quad t^{3}-1^{3}=0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(t-1)\\left(t^{2}+t+1\\right)=0 \\quad\\left[a^{3}-b^{3}=(a-b)\\left(a^{2}+a b+b^{2}\\right)\\right]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">t-1=0, \\quad t^{2}+t+1=0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0So, t = 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the equation <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">t^{2}+t+1=0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we will use the quadratic roots formula.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know that the formula to determine the root is\u00a0 \u00a0 <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">x=\\frac{-b \\pm \\sqrt{d}}{2 a}<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">d=b^{2}-4 a c<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The values of a, b and c here are 1, 1 and 1 respectively. So, <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">d=1^{2}-4=-3<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">t=\\frac{-1 \\pm \\sqrt{-3}}{2}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know that the value \u221a-1 = iota(<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">i<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, the two imaginary roots of unity are <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\frac{-1+\\sqrt{3} i}{2} \\&amp; \\frac{-1-\\sqrt{3} i}{2} \\text { where } \\omega=\\frac{-1+\\sqrt{3} i}{2} \\text { and } \\omega^{2}=\\frac{-1-\\sqrt{3} i}{2} .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>PROPERTIES OF THE CUBE ROOT OF UNITY<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Property 1: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are three cube roots of unity of which one is a real number and the other two are conjugate complex or imaginary numbers.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three cube roots are 1 which is a real number and <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\frac{-1+\\sqrt{3} i}{2} \\&amp; \\frac{-1-\\sqrt{3} i}{2}<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are conjugate complex or imaginary numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Property 2: Square of one complex number cube root of unity is equal to the other complex number cube root of unity.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0It can be proved with the help of cube roots. We know that the cube roots of unity are 1,<\/span><\/p>\n<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\frac{-1+\\sqrt{3 i}}{2}, \\frac{-1-\\sqrt{3 i}}{2}<\/span>\n<p><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\left(\\frac{-1+\\sqrt{3} i}{2}\\right)^{2}=\\frac{(-1)^{2}+(\\sqrt{3} i)^{2}-2 \\sqrt{3} i}{2^{2}}<\/span><br \/><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=\\frac{1+3 i^{2}-2 \\sqrt{3} i}{4} <\/span><br \/><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=\\frac{1-3-2 \\sqrt{3} i}{4} <\/span><br \/><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=\\frac{2(-1-\\sqrt{3} i)}{4} <\/span><br \/><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=\\frac{-1-\\sqrt{3} i}{2}<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It means that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u03c9 <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=\\frac{-1+\\sqrt{3 i}}{2}<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">{\\omega}^2=\\frac{-1-\\sqrt{3 i}}{2}<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 1, \u03c9 and <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">{\\omega}^2<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0are the cube roots of unity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, it is proved that<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the square of one complex cube root of unity is equal to the other complex cube root of unity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Property 3:The product of the two imaginary cube roots is 1 or, the product of three cube roots of unity is 1.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can verify it, the three cube roots of unity are<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1, <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\frac{-1+\\sqrt{3 i}}{2}, \\frac{-1-\\sqrt{3 i}}{2} .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">1 \\times \\frac{-1+\\sqrt{3 i}}{2} \\times \\frac{-(1+\\sqrt{3 i})}{2}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=\\frac{\\left.-(\\sqrt{3} i)^{2}-(1)^{2}\\right)}{2^{2}} \\quad\\left[(a+b)(a-b)=a^{2}-b^{2}\\right]<\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=\\frac{-(-3-1)}{4}<\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">= <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\frac{4}{4}= 1 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know that the product of cube roots is equal to 1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\omega^{3}=1<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&amp;<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the value of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2375 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Property 4: The addition of all the cube roots of unity is zero i.e.,<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">1+\\omega+\\omega^{2}=0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know that, the sum of the three cube roots of unity <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=1+\\omega+\\omega^{2}<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">1+\\frac{-1+\\sqrt{3 i}}{2}+\\frac{-1-\\sqrt{3 i}}{2}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Taking LCM,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will get <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\frac{2-1+\\sqrt{3 i}-1-\\sqrt{3 i}}{2}<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is equal to 0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>ILLUSTRATION<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q1: Find the value of the following :<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\left(1+\\omega-\\omega^{2}\\right)\\left(1-\\omega+\\omega^{2}\\right)<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sol. We need to do the multiplication to find its value,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=\\left(1+\\omega-\\omega^{2}\\right)\\left(1-\\omega+\\omega^{2}\\right) <\/span><br \/><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=1-\\omega+\\omega^{2}+\\omega-\\omega^{2}+\\omega^{3}-\\omega^{2}+\\omega^{3}-\\omega^{4} <\/span><br \/><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=1-\\omega^{2}-\\omega^{4}+2 \\omega^{3}<\/span><br \/><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=1+2-\\omega^{2}\\left(1+\\omega^{2}\\right) \\quad\\left[\\omega^{3}=1\\right]<\/span><br \/><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=3-\\omega^{2}(-\\omega) \\quad\\left[1+\\omega+\\omega^{2}=0,1+\\omega^{2}=-\\omega\\right]<\/span><br \/><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=3+\\omega^{3} <\/span><br \/><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=4<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q2. If <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(1+\\omega)^{7}=C+D \\omega <\/span>, then find the value of C and D using the cube root of unity. (\u2375 = 1)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sol. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given: <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(1+\\omega)^{7}=C+D \\omega<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(1+\\omega)^{6}(1+\\omega)=C+D \\omega <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">{\\left[(1+\\omega)^{(2)^{3}}\\right](1+\\omega)=C+D \\omega}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(1+\\omega^2 +2\\omega)^{3}(1+\\omega )=C+D\\omega<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(-\\omega+2 \\omega)^{3}(1+\\omega)=C+D \\omega <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\omega^{3}(1+\\omega)=C+D \\omega\u00a0 \u00a0 [\\text{Since }\\omega^{3}=1]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By comparing LHS and RHS,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The value of C and D is 1 each.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; 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