This is a domain-colored complex plot of the polynomial .
What is the absolute value of the difference between the two complex numbers which map to the two darkest points closest to each other?
Give your answer to 3 decimal places.
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plotted graph in complex plane , z n be a point from z 5 − 1 = 0
which z 1 = c i s ( 0 ) , z 2 = c i s ( 5 2 π ) , z 3 = c i s ( 5 4 π ) , z 4 = c i s ( 5 6 π ) , z 5 = c i s ( 5 8 π )
choose z 3 , z 4
the absolute value of the difference between these two complex numbers is ∣ z 3 − z 4 ∣
∣ z 3 − z 4 ∣ = ∣ ∣ ( c o s ( 5 4 π ) − c o s ( 5 6 π ) ) + i ( s i n ( 5 4 π ) − s i n ( 5 6 π ) ) ∣ ∣
∣ z 3 − z 4 ∣ = ∣ ∣ 0 + 2 i s i n 5 4 π ∣ ∣
∣ z 3 − z 4 ∣ = 2 s i n 5 π = 2 s i n ( 3 6 ∘ ) = 2 5 − 5 ≈ 1 . 1 7 5 5 7 0 5 0 4 5