Likemath2014 Messages 17 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Sep 24, 2014 #1 How can we show that the following equation has infinitely many solutions [tex]e^z-z^2=0[/tex]. Thanks
How can we show that the following equation has infinitely many solutions [tex]e^z-z^2=0[/tex]. Thanks
WWGD Science Advisor Homework Helper Messages 7,828 Reaction score 13,156 Sep 24, 2014 #2 Work within a fixed branch of logz and write : ## z^2=e^{2logz} ## Once you find a solution, you have infinitely-many, by periodicity of ##e^z##.
Work within a fixed branch of logz and write : ## z^2=e^{2logz} ## Once you find a solution, you have infinitely-many, by periodicity of ##e^z##.
platetheduke Messages 17 Reaction score 0 Oct 7, 2014 #3 Continuing WWGD's post: you get ##e^z=e^{2\log z}## and thus the equation ##e^{z-2log z}=1##. In other words you are looking at the solutions of each of the equations ##z-2\log z=2\pi n## for ##n\in\mathbb{Z}##.
Continuing WWGD's post: you get ##e^z=e^{2\log z}## and thus the equation ##e^{z-2log z}=1##. In other words you are looking at the solutions of each of the equations ##z-2\log z=2\pi n## for ##n\in\mathbb{Z}##.
WWGD Science Advisor Homework Helper Messages 7,828 Reaction score 13,156 Oct 7, 2014 #4 It seems that something like Lambert's W function may be helpful in finding solutions to platetheduke's equation.
It seems that something like Lambert's W function may be helpful in finding solutions to platetheduke's equation.