I have a problem writing cos(π+i) in Cartesian form (x + yi). I understand that it is usually written in the form cos(θ) + i sin(θ), but I don't understand how to obtain the sin part (and how to even write this in any other form e.g polar form).
any help would be appreciated!
2026-04-03 19:02:42.1775242962
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Writing cos(π+i) in Cartesian form?
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$$\cos(\pi+i)=\frac{e^{i(\pi+i)}+e^{-i(\pi+i)}}{2}=\frac{e^{i\pi-1}+e^{1-i\pi}}{2}=\frac{-\frac{1}{e}-e}{2}=-\frac{1+e^2}{2e}\approx-1.5430806348...$$
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Try this: $$ \begin{align} \cos(\pi+i) &=\frac{e^{i(\pi+i)}+e^{-i(\pi+i)}}{2}\\ &=\frac{e^{i\pi}e^{-1}+e^{-i\pi}e^1}{2}\\ &=-\frac{e^{1}+e^{-1}}{2}\\ &=-\cosh(1) \end{align} $$
Alternatively,
$$ \begin{align} \cos(\pi+i) &=\cos(\pi) \cos(i)-\sin(\pi)\sin(i)\\ &=-\cos(i)\\ &=-\cosh(1) \end{align} $$
$\cos(i+\pi)=-\cos(i)=-\cosh(1)$