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DMT (de moive's theorem) q. (1 Viewer)
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I think what is going on they are applying binomial theorem.
Basically you should try expand (1+i)^n and (1-i)^n.
I will need to double check to make sure.
WeiWeiMan
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1+i=√2cisπ/4
1-i = √2cis(-π/4)
(√2cisπ/4)^n+(√2cis(-π/4))^n
= √2^n (cis(nπ/4)+cis(-nπ/4))
=2(√2)^n cos(nπ/4) QED as req blah blah blah
for part ii do as cossine said (use binomial expansion) and see what happens
okk cool thanks, how would you do part ii then?
part ii)
The question states that we should use the result from part i. Lets use the statement that n is divisible by 4, that is we suppose that
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Then we put that into the result from part i,^{4m}\cos(m\pi)=2(\sqrt{2})^{4m}(-1)^{m})
convert it back into terms of n, ^{n}(-1)^{\frac{n}{4}})
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Now the LHS of that question contains a bunch of n choose expressions, which suggests binomial expansion, so we will expand^n+(1-i)^n\\\\={n \choose 0}+i{n \choose 1}-{n \choose 2}-i{n \choose 3}+{n \choose 4}+...+{n \choose n}+{n \choose 0}-i{n \choose 1}-{n \choose 2}+i{n \choose 3}+{n \choose 4}+...+{n \choose n})
which simplifies to)
now equating these two new expressions gives us the answer.
The question states that we should use the result from part i. Lets use the statement that n is divisible by 4, that is we suppose that
Then we put that into the result from part i,
Now the LHS of that question contains a bunch of n choose expressions, which suggests binomial expansion, so we will expand
which simplifies to
now equating these two new expressions gives us the answer.