Quick questions on Roots of complex numbers (SACE Stage 2 Specialist Mathematics)

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What are not reducing arguments?

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Final arguments should usually be given as principal values in

(-\pi, \pi]

; an argument like

\frac{3\pi}{2}

may be expected as

-\frac{\pi}{2}

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