AlgebraDifficulty 7.5National olympiad, round 2Prove it
Lemma 4 We have m=0∑n−1ei(θ+mφ)=ei(θ+2n−1φ)⋅sin2φsin2nφ
where n is a positive integer, φ=2lπ where l is any integer, i.e., {2xφ}=0({x} denotes x−[x], see Definition 3 in Chapter 7).
Solution
Given that {2πφ}=0, we have eiφ=1. By Lemma 3, we have ∑m=0n−1eimφ=1−eiφ1−einφ=e2iφ(e2iφ−e−2iφ)e2inφ(e2inφ−e−2inφ)=e2nφφ2iφ×cos2φ+isin2φ−cos(−2φ)−isin(−2φ)cos2nφ+isin2nφ−cos(−2nφ)−isin(−2nφ)=ei2n−1φ⋅sin2φsin2nφ
Multiplying both sides of the above equation by eiθ, the lemma is proved.
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