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Rational cosine of an integral submultiple of pi
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The
number
2
cos
(
π
/
n
)
is an
algebraic integer
. If it is rational it must be an
integer
, which shows that
cos
(
π
/
n
)
is rational only for
n
=
1
,
2
,
3
.
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Chebyshev polynomial
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
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2023
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ia
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Paper 4
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c
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