Find the number of roots of the equation
having a negative number as the real part. Here represents a complex number.
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Solving the quadratic in z 5 we would get two roots each of which will yield five roots each which would together form the 10 roots of the original polynomial.
So we have z 5 = 3 2 or z 5 = − 3 1
For z 5 = 3 2
we have z = 2 e 5 2 i k π where k ∈ A
A = { 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 } .
Note that A can be any set of five consecutive integers. For simplicity we have chosen A to be { 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 }
Now the real part of the complex numbers would be negative for k = { 2 , 3 } . So we have 2 such roots.
For z 5 = − 3 1
we have z = 3 1 5 1 ( − 1 ) 5 1
So z = 3 1 5 1 e 5 i π ( 2 k + 1 ) where k ∈ B
B = { 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 } .
Note again that B can be any set of five consecutive integers . For simplicity we have chosen B to be { 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 } .
Here the real part of the complex numbers would be negative for k = ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) . Which gives us 3 more of such roots.
Hence in total there are 5 such complex numbers whose real parts are negative.