Edexcel FP2 Specimen — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
SessionSpecimen
TopicComplex Numbers Argand & Loci

  1. A transformation from the \(z\)-plane to the \(w\)-plane is given by
$$w = z ^ { 2 }$$
  1. Show that the line with equation \(\operatorname { Im } ( z ) = 1\) in the \(z\)-plane is mapped to a parabola in the \(w\)-plane, giving an equation for this parabola.
  2. Sketch the parabola on an Argand diagram.