Let $a=\operatorname{Im}\left(\frac{1+z^2}{2 i z}\right)$, where $z$ is any non-zero complex number. The set…

Let $a=\operatorname{Im}\left(\frac{1+z^2}{2 i z}\right)$, where $z$ is any non-zero complex number. The set $\mathrm{A}=\{a:|z|=1$ and $z \neq \pm 1\}$ is equal to:
  1. $(-1,1)$
  2. $[-1,1]$
  3. $[0,1)$
  4. $(-1,0]$

Solution

Let $z=x+i y \Rightarrow z^2=x^2-y^2+2 i x y$ Now, $ \begin{aligned} & \frac{1+z^2}{2 i z}=\frac{1+x^2-y^2+2 i x y}{2 i(x+i y)}=\frac{\left(x^2-y^2+1\right)+2 i x y}{2 i x-2 y} \\ & =\frac{\left(x^2-y^2+1\right)+2 i x y}{-2 y+2 i x} \times \frac{-2 y-2 i x}{-2 y-2 i x} \\ & =\frac{y\left(x^2+y^2-1\right)+x\left(x^2+y^2+1\right) i}{2\left(x^2+y^2\right)} \\ & \end{aligned} $ $ a=\frac{x\left(x^2+y^2+1\right)}{2\left(x^2+y^2\right)} $ Since, $|z|=1 \Rightarrow \sqrt{x^2+y^2}=1$ $ \begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow x^2+y^2=1 \\ & \therefore a=\frac{x(1+1)}{2 \times 1}=x \\ & \text { Also } z \neq 1 \Rightarrow x+i y \neq 1 \\ & \therefore \mathrm{A}=(-1,1) \end{aligned} $

Asked in: JEE Main 2013 (23 Apr Online)

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