Colorful visualization of complex functions

A short introduction with lots of examples

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Polynomials of degree three

Sticking with polynomials for a bit more, here is a plot of a polynomial of degree three:

Polynomial of degree three 1 Coloring

\(f(z) = (z-2)(z+i)(z+2-i),\quad z \in \mathbb{C}(0,3)\)

The zeros can be located in this case perhaps even more accurately. All three is of multiplicity one. (According to the fundamental theorem of algebra all n roots of a polynomial with complex coefficients of degree n can be found on the complex plane with multiplicities taken into account.)

See the same polynomial below with another coloring:

Polynomial of degree three 2 Coloring

\(f(z) = (z-2)(z+i)(z+2-i),\quad z \in \mathbb{C}(0,3)\)

Observe the three roots of multiplicity one on this picture too.

Now let us examine yet another polynomial of degree three:

Another polynomial of degree three Coloring

\(f(z) = (z-2)(z+1)^2,\quad z \in \mathbb{C}(0,3)\)

This possesses a zero of multiplicity two and a zero of multiplicity one.

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