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Points of the Unit Circle and the Polar Form of a Nonzero Complex Number

Every complex number of modulus 1 is exp(it) for exactly one t in [0, 2π), and every nonzero complex number is r exp(it) for exactly one r > 0 and one t in [0, 2π), with r its modulus.

Statement

In the setting of Complex Analysis: Standing Notation, let exp⁡:C→C\exp:\mathbb{C}\to\mathbb{C} be the complex exponential function, and let π\pi be the real number of The Number Pi (i).

Points of the unit circle. For every z∈Cz\in\mathbb{C} with ∣z∣=1|z|=1 there is exactly one real number tt with 0≤t<2π0\le t<2\pi and

exp⁡(it)=z.\exp(it)=z .

Polar form. For every z∈Cz\in\mathbb{C} with z≠0z\neq0 there is exactly one choice of real rr and tt with r>0r>0 and 0≤t<2π0\le t<2\pi such that

z=rexp⁡(it),z=r\exp(it),

and then r=∣z∣r=|z|.

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