Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2018 / Paper 1 / 11

The factor $1+i$ has modulus $\sqrt{2}$ and principal argument $\pi /4$. Multiplication by $e^{i\pi /6}$ adds $\pi /6$ to its complex argument, while the real factor $1/2$ halves its modulus. HenceTaking the principal logarithm for $w$ givesThis complex number lies in the second quadrant. Its modulus follows from the sum of squared components, and its principal argument follows by the second-quadrant correction:All arguments of this fixed $w$ add integer multiples of $2\pi$ to the displayed one.

If $\ln z$ is interpreted as the multivalued complex logarithm, there is instead a family $w_k=-a+i{b}_k$, where $a=\frac{1}{2}\ln 2>0$ and $b_k=5\pi /12+2\pi k$. Then $|w_k|=\sqrt{a^2+b_k^2}$, and the principal argument is $\pi -\arctan (b_k/a)$ for $b_k>0$, or $-\pi -\arctan (b_k/a)$ for $b_k<0$. This records the logarithm-branch choice that the paper leaves implicit.

Using the exponential definition of hyperbolic tangent, set $q=e^{2z}$:Here $q+1=1-i\ne 0$, so the resulting points are not poles. Taking all values of the complex logarithm gives $2z=i(-\pi /2+2\pi k)$. ThusEquivalently $\tanh (iu)=i\tan u$, so these are exactly the imaginary-axis solutions of $\tan u=-1$.

By De Moivre's theorem, $\cos 5\theta$ is the real part of $(\cos \theta +i\sin \theta {)}^5$. Writing $c=\cos \theta$ and $s=\sin \theta$, the binomial theorem givesUse the Pythagorean trigonometric identity $s^2=1-c^2$ and expand:Therefore