# what is the value of of i in the function e^(i*3.1416) = -1 ?

i got the value of

when i = 1 exp(3.1416) = 23.1407

when i = 3 exp(3.1416 * 3) = 1.2392e+004

when i = 45 exp(3.1416 * 45) = 2.4942e+061

and then how is e^( i *pi) = -1

what is the value of i in ths function?

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• Remzy
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i is the square root of " -1 "

in any differential equations book, you can find the proof of the following equation;

exp (i*b) = cos(b)+i*sin(b) where " i " is the square root of " -1 "

cos(3,14)+i*sin(3,14) = -1+i*0 = -1

In this case, i is not a variable, it is the usual letter used to represent the imaginary number which is the square root of -1, just like the Greek letter pi represents the irrational number that is the circumference of a circle divided by its diameter and the letter e is the base of the natural logarithm.

Whoa there! You are treating i as if it were a variable to be solved for. It is not. It is a constant, equal to the number whose square is ,,, (-1). It is not part of the Real number set; a larger set of numbers, the Complex numbers, was devised to make use of it.

Although it is not part of the number set known as Real numbers, it is very real in the sense that it is useful in real world engineering computations. It was invented several hundred years ago by mathematician C.F. Gauss so that every polynomial equation would have its proper number of solutions. When Gauss invented i, it was thought that i would have only theoretical interest, so it was called an "imaginary number", abbreviated i. Much later, i was found very useful in engineering math.

You can immediately solve the

problem if you know Euler's equation.

e^iz=cosz+isinz

you substitute the value of Pi for z

and you get to result of -1

so i=sqrt -1

'i' is in fact the square root of negative one. Many teachers of mathematics assert that this is not possible, but it comes about in real-world mathematical models.

You'd need to take advanced courses in trigonometry and differential equations to really see how the relationship works.

i=√-1 an imaginary number. That changes everything.

i is the square root of -1

• Anonymous

i=sqrt(-1), so that i^2=-1 - imaginary unit

i = square root of -1

e^ix = cos x + isin x

You misunderstand.

• Anonymous