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Algebra Difficulty 7.3 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it

6. Prove: 1+sinθ+icosθ1+sinθicosθ=sinθ+icosθ\frac{1+\sin \theta+i \cos \theta}{1+\sin \theta-i \cos \theta}=\sin \theta+i \cos \theta, and from this, deduce
(1+sinπ5+icosπ5)5+i(1+sinπ5icosπ5)5=0\begin{aligned} (1 & \left.+\sin \frac{\pi}{5}+i \cos \frac{\pi}{5}\right)^{5}+i\left(1+\sin \frac{\pi}{5}-i \cos \frac{\pi}{5}\right)^{5} \\ & =0 \end{aligned}

Solution

6. Proof:
1+sinθ+icosθ1+sinθicosθ=(1+sinθ+icosθ)2(1+sinθ)2+cos2θ=(1+sinθ)2cos2θ+2i(1+sinθ)cosθ1+2sinθ+sin2θ+cos2θ=1+2sinθ+sin2θ(1sin2θ)+2i(1+sinθ)cosθ2(1+sinθ)=2sinθ(1+sinθ)+i2(1+sinθ)cosθ2(1+sinθ)=sinθ+icosθ\begin{array}{l} \frac{1+\sin \theta+i \cos \theta}{1+\sin \theta-i \cos \theta} \\ =\frac{(1+\sin \theta+i \cos \theta)^{2}}{(1+\sin \theta)^{2}+\cos ^{2} \theta} \\ =\frac{(1+\sin \theta)^{2}-\cos ^{2} \theta+2 i(1+\sin \theta) \cos \theta}{1+2 \sin \theta+\sin ^{2} \theta+\cos ^{2} \theta} \\ =\frac{1+2 \sin \theta+\sin ^{2} \theta-\left(1-\sin ^{2} \theta\right)+2 i(1+\sin \theta) \cos \theta}{2(1+\sin \theta)} \\ =\frac{2 \sin \theta(1+\sin \theta)+i 2(1+\sin \theta) \cos \theta}{2(1+\sin \theta)} \\ =\sin \theta+i \cos \theta \end{array}

Taking θ=π5\theta=\frac{\pi}{5} in the above equation, we get
1+sinπ5+icosπ51+sinπ5icosπ5=sinπ5+icosπ5\frac{1+\sin \frac{\pi}{5}+i \cos \frac{\pi}{5}}{1+\sin \frac{\pi}{5}-i \cos \frac{\pi}{5}}=\sin \frac{\pi}{5}+i \cos \frac{\pi}{5}

Taking the fifth power on both sides and using Example 8 of this chapter, we get
(1+sinπ5+icosπ5)5(1+sinπ5icosπ5)5=(sinπ5+icosπ5)5=ei5(π2π5)=ei32π=cos32π+isin32π=i\begin{array}{l} \frac{\left(1+\sin \frac{\pi}{5}+i \cos \frac{\pi}{5}\right)^{5}}{\left(1+\sin \frac{\pi}{5}-i \cos \frac{\pi}{5}\right)^{5}}=\left(\sin \frac{\pi}{5}+i \cos \frac{\pi}{5}\right)^{5} \\ \quad=e^{i 5\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{\pi}{5}\right)}=e^{i \frac{3}{2} \pi} \\ \quad=\cos \frac{3}{2} \pi+i \sin \frac{3}{2} \pi=-i \end{array}

Therefore,
(1+sinπ5+icosπ5)5+i(1+sinπ5icosπ5)5=0\begin{aligned} (1 & \left.+\sin \frac{\pi}{5}+i \cos \frac{\pi}{5}\right)^{5}+i\left(1+\sin \frac{\pi}{5}-i \cos \frac{\pi}{5}\right)^{5} \\ & =0 \end{aligned}

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