Do you know De Moivre's formula ?

As we know 1=1\sqrt{1}=1 But we know too that cis(2π)=1cis(2π)=1, so we can take the square root and find that cis(2π)=1\sqrt{cis(2π)}=\sqrt{1}. By De Moivre's formula cis(π)=1cis(π)=1 or cis(2π)=1cis(2π)=1 =>1=1=> -1=1 or 1=11=1. What's wrong with it??

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Note by Hjalmar Orellana Soto
5 years, 10 months ago

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Is it something to do with the fact that you have to take the positive root when dealing with complex numbers? I know ab=(a)× (b)\sqrt{ab} = ( \sqrt{a}) \times\ ( \sqrt{b}) isn't applicable to complex numbers, but I'm not sure if that proves useful here.

Curtis Clement - 5 years, 10 months ago

Do you mean:  Cis(ϕ)=Cos(ϕ)+iSin(ϕ) ? ...(i=1)\ Cis( \phi ) = Cos( \phi ) + iSin( \phi ) \ ? \ ... (i = \sqrt{-1} )

Curtis Clement - 5 years, 10 months ago

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Yes

Hjalmar Orellana Soto - 5 years, 10 months ago

See here.

Micah Wood - 5 years, 10 months ago

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So, what happens with this? eix=cis(x)e^{ix}=cis(x) =>(eix)k=(cis(x))k=>(e^{ix})^{k}=(cis(x))^{k} =>ei(kx)=cis(kx)=>e^{i(kx)}=cis(kx) =>(cis(x))k=cis(kx)=>(cis(x))^{k}=cis(kx) For every real kk this should work.

Hjalmar Orellana Soto - 5 years, 10 months ago
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