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Euler's formula

Let e i x = f + i g . (Eq. 1)

Differentiate both sides with respect to x :

( e i x ) = ( f + i g )

i e i x = f + i g (Eq. 2)

Substitute Eq. 1 into the left-hand side:

i ( f + i g ) = f + i g

g + i f = f + i g

Equate the real and imaginary parts of both sides:

g = f
f = g

Which can be rewritten as:

f = f
g = g

These are second-order differential equations. By substituting x = 0 into Eqs. 1 and 2, we obtain the initial conditions f ( 0 ) = 1 , f ( 0 ) = 0 , g ( 0 ) = 0 , and g ( 0 ) = 1 . The unique solutions are:

f = cos x
g = sin x

Algebraic identities

Quadratic formula

Exponent rules

Let a and b be real numbers, and let m and n be positive integers.

Definition (Exponentiation):

a 1 = a , (Def. 1)

a n + 1 = a n a for n 1 . (Def. 2)

By induction on n :

Rule 1

a m a n = a m + n

Base case ( n = 1 ):

a m a 1 = a m a (by Def. 1)

= a m + 1 . (by Def. 2)

Inductive step: Assume a m a n = a m + n . Then:

a m a n + 1 = a m ( a n a ) (by Def. 2)

= ( a m a n ) a (by associativity)

= a m + n a (by the induction hypothesis)

= a ( m + n ) + 1 (by Def. 2)

= a m + ( n + 1 ) . (by associativity)

Rule 2

( a m ) n = a m n

Base case ( n = 1 ):

( a m ) 1 = a m (by Def. 1)

= a m 1 . (by identity)

Inductive step: Assume ( a m ) n = a m n . Then:

( a m ) n + 1 = ( a m ) n a m (by Def. 2)

= a m n a m (by the induction hypothesis)

= a m n + m (by Rule 1)

= a m ( n + 1 ) . (by distributivity)

Rule 3

( a b ) n = a n b n

Base case ( n = 1 ):

( a b ) 1 = a b (by Def. 1)

= a 1 b 1 . (by Def. 1)

Inductive step: Assume ( a b ) n = a n b n . Then:

( a b ) n + 1 = ( a b ) n ( a b ) (by Def. 2)

= a n b n ( a b ) (by the induction hypothesis)

= ( a n a ) ( b n b ) (by associativity and commutativity)

= a n + 1 b n + 1 . (by Def. 2)

Logarithm rules

Let x , y > 0 and k be real numbers, and let b , c > 0 be real numbers with b , c 1 . Since a logarithm is the inverse of exponentiation, we have:

b log b x = log b ( b x ) = x ,

just like f ( f 1 ( x ) ) = f 1 ( f ( x ) ) = x . Using this:

Rule 1

log b ( x y ) = log b ( b log b x b log b y )

= log b ( b log b x + log b y )

= log b x + log b y .

Rule 2

log b ( x k ) = log b ( ( b log b x ) k )

= log b ( b k log b x )

= k log b x .

Rule 3

log b x = log b x log c b log c b

= log c ( b log b x ) log c b

= log c x log c b .

Trigonometric identities

Pythagorean identity

Addition formulas

cos ( α + β ) + i sin ( α + β ) = e i ( α + β )

= e i α e i β

= ( cos α + i sin α ) ( cos β + i sin β )

= ( cos α cos β sin α sin β ) + i ( sin α cos β + cos α sin β )

Double-angle formulas

sin 2 θ = sin ( θ + θ )

= sin θ cos θ + cos θ sin θ

= 2 sin θ cos θ

cos 2 θ = cos ( θ + θ )

= cos θ cos θ sin θ sin θ

= cos 2 θ sin 2 θ

cos 2 θ sin 2 θ = ( cos 2 θ + sin 2 θ ) 2 sin 2 θ

= 1 2 sin 2 θ

cos 2 θ sin 2 θ = 2 cos 2 θ ( cos 2 θ + sin 2 θ )

= 2 cos 2 θ 1

Multiple-angle formulas

cos n θ + i sin n θ = ( cos θ + i sin θ ) n

= k = 0 n ( n k ) cos n k θ i k sin k θ