Nested Reciprocals

Problem

Let $z$ be a non-real complex number with $|z| \ne 1$ , and set

w = z + \frac{1}{z}.

Given that $a = w + \dfrac{1}{w}$ is a real number, find the range of $a$ .

Answer

Solution

Difficulty	8/10
Topics	complex numbers

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