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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 iii Paper 339 3 b i Solution by
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Since is real on the unit circle,Multiply the difference by . It is an ordinary polynomial of polynomial degree at most vanishing at every point of the unit circle. A nonzero polynomial has only finitely many roots of a polynomial, so all its coefficients vanish. This proves the conjugate symmetry of trigonometric polynomial coefficients:For arbitrary nonzero complex , coefficient substitution now gives preciselyEquivalently . The complex conjugation on the right applies to the whole value, including the coefficients; it cannot simply be discarded away from the circle.
The PDF additionally assumes . Then , so the ensuing polynomial has polynomial degree exactly and nonzero constant term. These clauses and this subpart are absent from the damaged TeX, but present in the PDF.
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