Sleeplesscoot
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If z is any complex number then |z|+|z-1| has the minimum value of?
I'm sorry for not providing the complete details.The question is that If z is a complex number than what is the minimum vale of |z|+|z-1|? I have tried replacing z with x+yi and then z-1 with (x-1)+yi so for modulus I did It like that √(x²+y²) +√(x²+y²-1-2x) but I didn't seem to find the answer.What have you tried so far? We need to see what you know, that you can use to solve the problem, since you will be the one solving it, not us.
My first thought is geometric: I visualized points z and z-1 on the complex plane, and what |z|+|z-1| would mean. That makes it easy to see what value(s) of z will minimize this.
But perhaps you are required to use algebraic methods. What happens if you replace z with x + iy? (This might require calculus, however; could you do that?)
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Is it true that for any z the expression ∣z∣+∣z−1∣ is a positive real number?If z is any complex number then |z|+|z-1| has the minimum value of?
We have a property: |z1|+|z2|>=|z1+z2|, hence |z|+|z-1|>=|z+1-z|=1, do you get thisI'm sorry for not providing the complete details.The question is that If z is a complex number than what is the minimum vale of |z|+|z-1|? I have tried replacing z with x+yi and then z-1 with (x-1)+yi so for modulus I did It like that √(x²+y²) +√(x²+y²-1-2x) but I didn't seem to find the answer.