File:Rotations on the complex plane.svg
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| Description | Four numbers on the real line are multiplied by integer powers of the imaginary unit, which corresponds to rotations by multiples of the right angle. |
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Self-made. Written in TeX with TikZ, compiled using latex rot.tex && dvisvgm -n -c1.75 rot.dvi |
| Author | Keφr |
TeX source
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{scalefnt}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
\def\rotarc#1#2#3#4#5{
\draw[#2,fill=#2] (#1,0) circle (0.03);
\draw[#2,fill=#2] ({#1*cos(#3)},{#1*sin(#3)}) circle (0.03);
\draw[thick,->,#2] (#1,0.075) arc (asin(0.075/#1):#3/2:#1) node [anchor=#5] {#4} arc (#3/2:#3-asin(0.075/#1):#1) ;
}
\begin {tikzpicture} [scale=2]
\draw[dashed,->] (-3.1,0) -- (3.1,0) node [anchor=north] {Re} ;
\draw[dashed,->] (0,-3.1) -- (0,3.1) node [anchor=west ] {Im} ;
\rotarc {0.5} {red } { 90} {$i^1 = i$} {south west}
\rotarc {1.2} {olive } {180} {$i^2 = -1$} {south west}
\rotarc {1.9} {teal } {270} {$i^3 = -i$} {south east}
\rotarc {2.6} {blue } {360} {$i^4 = 1$} {south east}
\end {tikzpicture}
\end{document}
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