Questions   
Sort: 
Oct 17, 2015
 #2
avatar+118725 
+10

Hi Michael and guest,

 

I thought it was interesting too.

Here is a proof.

 

You may like to watch this video on finding the arg(z)  first.  It is good.

 

but really |z| is just the distance Z is from (0,0) on the complex number plane

and

arg(z) is just the angle z makes with the positive real axis.  (at the origin of course) 

 

\(i^i=e^{-\pi/2}\\ proof\\ i^i=e^{[ln(i^i)]}\\ i^i=e^{i[ln(i)]}\\ \qquad\mbox{Now ln(z)=ln|z|+i*arg(z) so}\\ \qquad ln(i)=ln|i|+i*arg(i)\\ \qquad ln(i)=ln(1)+i*\frac{\pi}{2}\\ \qquad ln(i)=i*\frac{\pi}{2}\\ i^i=e^{i*i*\frac{\pi}{2}}\\ i^i=e^{-1*\frac{\pi}{2}}\\ i^i=e^{{\frac{-\pi}{2}}}\\ \)

.
Oct 17, 2015
 #1
avatar
0
Oct 17, 2015

0 Online Users