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SpiralFlex

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let z= x+iy,

Im(z)= y

|z|= (sqrt)(x^2 + y^2)

y^2= x^2+y^2

x^2=0

x=0

why is this wrong? i thought you could square both sides? :\
You can but it adds another solution which covers the negative part of the imaginary axis. This is of course not valid because the modulus is a positive number.
 

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You can but it adds another solution which covers the negative part of the imaginary axis. This is of course not valid because the modulus is a positive number.
Sometimes referred to as the (or 'an') extraneous solution if my memory serves me correctly.
 

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guys, im trying to integrate 1/sqrt(36-x^2) and i got 1/6 times inverse sin(x/6) but apperently its only inverse sin(x/6) w/o the 1/6? can someone please explain why? D: thanks :)
 

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guys, im trying to integrate 1/sqrt(36-x^2) and i got 1/6 times inverse sin(x/6) but apperently its only inverse sin(x/6) w/o the 1/6? can someone please explain why? D: thanks :)
Please make a separate thread to ask this question, rather than hijacking somebody else's (now dead) thread.
 

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There is no 1/6. The only integral in the HSC that appears with 1/constant attached to it is the inverse tangent integral.

If we look at the inverse sine integral,



Compare this with the tangent integral,

 

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There is no 1/6. The only integral in the HSC that appears with 1/constant attached to it is the inverse tangent integral.

If we look at the inverse sine integral,



Compare this with the tangent integral,

thanks!
 

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