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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2023 Paper 1 11 d Solution by
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Set . The hyperbolic cosine identity gives , hence the quadratic equationLet . The first root has modulus and complex argument ; the second has modulus and complex argument . Taking all complex logarithm values givesThe two families are distinct because their real parts are respectively and . This exhausts the solutions because both roots for and all possible complex arguments have been included.
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