Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2009 / Paper 1 / 14 / a / Solution

The values of the complex logarithm at $-1$ are $i(2m+1)\pi$, $m\in \mathbb{Z}$. For any such value and any integer $n$,This is an integer multiple of $\pi$, so its sine is zero. In particular the result holds with the principal value $\log (-1)=i\pi$. The argument does not require treating the multivalued logarithm as a single globally defined function.