exclamaforte Messages 3 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Aug 29, 2010 #1 And if so, could I take the ith root of i?
Petr Mugver Messages 279 Reaction score 0 Aug 29, 2010 #2 [tex]i^{1/i}=i^{-i}=e^{-i\log i}=e^{-i\log e^{i(\pi/2+2k\pi)}}=e^{-ii(\pi/2+2k\pi)}=e^{(\pi/2+2k\pi)}[/tex] i has infinitely many ith roots, and they are all real!
[tex]i^{1/i}=i^{-i}=e^{-i\log i}=e^{-i\log e^{i(\pi/2+2k\pi)}}=e^{-ii(\pi/2+2k\pi)}=e^{(\pi/2+2k\pi)}[/tex] i has infinitely many ith roots, and they are all real!