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Evaluate $1+\frac i2-\frac 14-\frac i8+\frac 1{16}+\frac i{32}-\cdots$ (where $i$ is the imaginary unit).  Express your answer in the form a+bi, where a and b are real.

 Mar 13, 2018
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Evaluate $1+\frac i2-\frac 14-\frac i8+\frac 1{16}+\frac i{32}-\cdots$ (where $i$ is the imaginary unit).  

Express your answer in the form a+bi, where a and b are real.

 

1+i214i8+116+i32164i128+=114+116164+=geom. sequence: a1=1, r=14+i2i8+i32i128+=geom. sequence: a1=i2, r=14=111(14)+i211(14)=145+i245=45+25i

 

 

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 Mar 14, 2018
edited by heureka  Mar 14, 2018

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