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    Mathematics Odd/Even Functions

    My mathematics book is very poor on it's explinations, so can someone look at my logic and tell me if I understand this correctly. I'm looking for a yes or no.
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      f(x)=x^3 - x
     
       f(-x)=(-x)^3 - (-x)
     
    	=(-1)^3 (x)^3 + x
     
    	=(-1)(x)^3 + x // since f(x) != f(-x) then not even
     
    	=(-x)^3 + x
     
    	=(-1)(x^3 - x) //odd
     
    	=-f(x)
     
    f(-x) = -f(x) Odd
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    hey you are taking algebra math mmm me too !!! Im seeing the same thing
    yes, you are right
    But in this part, I'm not quite sure
    =(-1)(x^3 - x) //odd

    =-f(x)

    f(-x) = -f(x) Odd

    ok but X has to be positive (absolute value |x| )
    because of the result. I guess, still unsure.
    Last edited by abyssphobia; 10-16-2004 at 11:04 PM.
    Have I crossed the line?

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    Where are you coming from with the absolute value?

    x need not be positive. The function is odd. You are correct.
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    thank you zach
    that is the confirmation i needed.
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    Code:
            X = Y
    
    X^2 - Y^2 = XY - Y^2
    
    (X+Y)(X-Y)=Y(X-Y)
    
    (X+Y)(X-Y) = Y(X-Y)
      (X-Y)       (X-Y)
    
           (X+Y)=Y
    
    
    
        If X=1 and Y=1
           (1+1)=1
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    Quote Originally Posted by xviddivxoggmp3
    I'm looking for a yes or no.
    Yes.
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    Nice division by 0, major_small.
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    Code:
    =(-1)(x)^3 + x // since f(x) != f(-x) then not even
     
    =(-x)^3 + x
    your negative slipped back into the brackets after all that work to pull it out!
    try..
    Code:
    =(-1)(x)^3 + x // since f(x) != f(-x) then not even
     
    =-(x)^3 + x

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zach L.
    Nice division by 0, major_small.
    yeah, it's fun watching people try to figure that out


    somebody gave me negative rep for that because it was "irrelevant"... I thought that


    Quote Originally Posted by xviddivxoggmp3
    thank you zach
    that is the confirmation i needed.
    was the end of the thread...
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    Quote Originally Posted by major_small
    yeah, it's fun watching people try to figure that out
    How about this one:
    Code:
    cos(-pi) + i*sin(-pi) = cos(pi) + i*sin(pi) //Both equal -1
    exp( -pi*i ) = exp( pi*i )  //Eulers formula
    -pi*i =  pi*i 
    -pi = pi
    -1 = 1
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    The step of taking logs of points in the complex plane and getting pure imaginaries seems a bit sketchy.
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    If exp(number1) = exp(number2), aren't those two numbers the same?
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    it looks more like the beginning of the thread.
    ;0)
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    Right... What I was getting at is that the complex plane can be viewed as a field in its own right, or a vector space over R. I'm not sure if log is suitably defined over the field, and I am rather sure that it is not defined over C as a vector space.
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    exp( -pi*i ) = exp( pi*i ) //Eulers formula
    is this valid?
    I have very little experience with complex numbers in C++.
    Isn't there a complex number class or variable object?
    Is exp() a function that accepts complex numbers?
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