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Homework Statement
Let ##g_k = 2cos(k/2)## and ##z=e^{ip(N+1)}## where N is an integer.
There are two simultaneous equations:
##E^2 = (g_k + e^{ip})(g_k + e^{-ip}) = 1 + g_k^2 + 2g_k cos(p) ## [1]
##(1+z^2)E^2 = (g_k + e^{-ip})^2 z^2 + (g_k + e^{ip})^2##[2]
Eliminate ##E^2## to show that:
##sin[pN] + g_k sin[p(N+1)] = 0##[3]
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
I've tried substitution of [1] into [2] and then equating the real parts/imaginary parts of the equation. Also have tried equating coefficients of terms like ##e^{i2p(N+1)}## but couldn't get anywhere with it.
Subsituting [1] into [2] and expanding all complex exponentials into sines and cosines, equating real parts gives me:
##1 + cos(2p(N+1)) = cos(2pN) + cos(2p) + 2sin(2p(N+1))g_k sin(p)##
And equating imaginary parts gives me:
##sin(2p(N+1)) = sin(2pN) - 2g_k sin(p)cos(2p(N+1)) + sin(2p) + 2g_k sin(p)##
But I can't seem to get equation [3] from these. Also, equating the coefficients of ##e^{i2p}## I get:
## e^{i2pn} = -2i e^{i2pN} g_k sin(p) + 1##
But again I can't rearrange it to equation [3] after equating real/imaginary parts. Does anyone have any insight as to how to do this?