How to use complex exponential to find higher derivatives of e^x cos(x√3)?

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How would one use the complex exponential to find something like this:
[tex] \frac{{d^{10} }}{{dx^{10} }}e^x \cos (x\sqrt 3 )[/tex]
I'm guessing we'd have to convert the cos into terms of [tex]e^{i\theta }[/tex] but the only thing I can think of doing then is going through each of the derivatives. I am guessing there is another way?

thanks in advance.
 
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[tex]e^{i \theta} = \cos{\theta} + i\sin{\theta}[/tex]

so

[tex]\cos{\theta} = \frac{e^{i \theta} + e^{-i \theta}}{2}[/tex]

Then each successive derivative just adds a power to the coefficient of e.

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Ahhh, fair enough :)
Thought it was going to be tedious, but isn't nearly that bad..