How do I find out what
\(\sqrt {i}\)
is?
\(\begin{array}{rcll} \sqrt{z} = \sqrt{i} = \ ? \qquad z = i \end{array}\)
\(\text{Formula}: \begin{array}{|rcll|} \hline z &=& a +i\cdot b & |z| &=& \sqrt{a^2+b^2} & |z| = \text{ magnitude of z } \\ z &=& 0 +i\cdot 1 & |z| &=& \sqrt{0^2+1^2} & \quad a = 0 \quad b= 1\\ && &&=& \sqrt{1} \\ && &&=& 1 \\ \varphi &=& \arctan(\frac{b}{a}) \\ \varphi &=& \arctan(\frac{1}{0}) \quad \Rightarrow \varphi = \frac{\pi}{2} \\ \hline \end{array}\)
\(\begin{array}{|rcll|} \hline r= \sqrt{z} &=&\sqrt{i} \\ &=& \sqrt{|z|} \cdot \left( \cos( \frac{\varphi}{2} ) + i\cdot \sin(\frac{\varphi}{2}) \right) \\ &=& \sqrt{1} \cdot \left( \cos( \frac{\varphi}{2} ) + i\cdot \sin(\frac{\varphi}{2}) \right) \\ &=& 1 \cdot \left( \cos( \frac{\varphi}{2} ) + i\cdot \sin(\frac{\varphi}{2}) \right) \\ &=& \cos( \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{2} ) + i\cdot \sin(\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{2}) \\ &=& \cos( \frac{\pi}{4} ) + i\cdot \sin(\frac{\pi}{4}) \\ &=& \frac{\sqrt{2}} {2} + i\cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}} {2} \\\\ \mathbf{r_1=\sqrt{i}} &\mathbf{=}& \mathbf{ \frac{\sqrt{2}} {2} + i\cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}} {2} } \\\\ r_2 &=& -r_1 \\ \mathbf{r_2=\sqrt{i}} &\mathbf{=}& \mathbf{ - \frac{\sqrt{2}} {2} - i\cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}} {2} } \\\\ \hline \end{array}\)
The square root has two solutions!
Here is my formula without compute angle \(\varphi \) :
It doesn't work if \(a \ge 0 \land b = 0\) .
Then you can use the normal \(\sqrt{a}.\)
\(\begin{array}{|rcll|} \hline r_1 = \sqrt{z} = \frac{1}{ \sqrt{2} } \cdot \left( \dfrac{b}{\sqrt{|z|-a}} + i \cdot \sqrt{|z|-a} \right); \qquad r_2 = -r_1 \quad & | \quad z =a+i\cdot b \quad |z| = \sqrt{a^2+b^2}\\ \hline \end{array}\)
\(\begin{array}{|rcll|} \hline z &=& i \\ z &=& 0 +i\cdot 1 & |z| = \sqrt{0^2+1^2}= 1 \qquad a = 0 \quad b= 1 \\\\ r_1 &=& \sqrt{i} = \frac{1}{ \sqrt{2} } \cdot \left( \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1-0}} + i \cdot \sqrt{1-0} \right) \\ &=& \sqrt{i} = \frac{1}{ \sqrt{2} } \cdot \left( \dfrac{1}{1} + i \cdot 1 \right) \\ \mathbf{r_1=\sqrt{i}} &\mathbf{=}& \mathbf{ \frac{1}{ \sqrt{2} } \cdot \left( 1 + i \right) } \\\\ r_2 &=& -r_1 \\ \mathbf{r_2=\sqrt{i}} &\mathbf{=}& \mathbf{ -\frac{1}{ \sqrt{2} } \cdot \left( 1 + i \right) } \\ \hline \end{array}\)
Because \( \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} = \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} \) we have the same solutions, see above.