1.I.1B

Vectors and Matrices | Part IA, 2008

State de Moivre's Theorem. By evaluating

∑r=1neirθ\sum_{r=1}^{n} e^{i r \theta}

or otherwise, show that

∑r=1ncos⁡(rθ)=cos⁡(nθ)−cos⁡((n+1)θ)2(1−cos⁡θ)−12\sum_{r=1}^{n} \cos (r \theta)=\frac{\cos (n \theta)-\cos ((n+1) \theta)}{2(1-\cos \theta)}-\frac{1}{2}

Hence show that

∑r=1ncos⁡(2pπrn+1)=−1\sum_{r=1}^{n} \cos \left(\frac{2 p \pi r}{n+1}\right)=-1

where pp is an integer in the range 1⩽p⩽n1 \leqslant p \leqslant n.

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