Suppose that , , and are complex numbers such that , , and , where . Then there are real numbers and such that . Find .
Solution
The First (pun intended) thing to notice is that and have a similar structure, but not exactly conjugates, but instead once you take out the magnitudes of both, simply multiples of a root of unity. It turns out that root of unity is . Anyway this results in getting that . Then substitute this into to get, after some calculation, that and . Then plug into , you could do the same thing with but looks like it's easier due to it being smaller. Anyway you get . Then add all three up, it turns out easier than it seems because for and the disappears after you expand the root of unity (e raised to a specific power). Long story short, you get .
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