Thread: Mathematics Odd/Even Functions

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    Quote Originally Posted by xviddivxoggmp3
    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?
    Nothing to do with C++

    exp(x) = e^x = 2.71828...^x

    And yes, that step is valid, but the next step is illegal, the correct step would be something like:
    -pi = pi + 2*n*pi
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zach L.
    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.
    It depends on how you define logarithm. I could define ln for a complex number z to be:
    ln z = ln|z| + i*arg(z) , (0<=arg(z)<=2*pi)
    Then e^ln(z) = z for all complex numbers z
    I guess that could be one definition.

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    http://www.efg2.com/Lab/Mathematics/...sAndPowers.htm
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    Nifty... Makes sense.
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