Thursday, January 28, 2016

Determining the condition for the real part and imaginary parts of complex function using its modulus



So if I have a function like the following, where f is a complex function and B is real:
S(λ)=1+iBf(λ)


Suppose that I know that its modulus must be equal to 1, therefore:




Now how do I determine the conditions for the real part and its imaginary part?
I know that:
|1+iBf(λ)|2=1



From here:
|1+iB[Re(f(λ))+iIm(f(λ)]|2=1



Then I can say that the imaginary and real parts of the function would be:
Im(S(λ))=1+BRe(f(λ))


Re(S(λ))=BIm(f(λ))




Is my reasoning correct?


Answer



For the modulus to be 1, you only need the product Bf to be ±1, for since |1+iBf|=1,

it follows that (1+iBf)(1iBf)=1+(Bf)2=1,
and the result I claimed follows.






Of course I assumed B and f are real, since you do not say anything about them. Otherwise what I say above needs to be modified to be true.







OK, you have specified that f(λ) is complex valued. Thus, if you write f=a+ib, where a=a(λ),b=b(λ). Then we have that 1+iBf=1+iB(a+ib)=1Bb+iBa.



For its modulus to be 1, we must have (1Bb+iBa)(1BbiBa)=1,

or (1Bb)2+(Ba)2=1.
This gives B=2f(λ)|f(λ)|2.


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