Description: De Moivre's Formula. Proof by induction given at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Moivre's_formula , but restricted to nonnegative integer powers. See also demoivreALT for an alternate longer proof not using the exponential function. (Contributed by NM, 24-Jul-2007)
Ref | Expression | ||
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Assertion | demoivre | |
Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
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1 | ax-icn | |
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2 | mulcl | |
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3 | 1 2 | mpan | |
4 | efexp | |
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5 | 3 4 | sylan | |
6 | zcn | |
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7 | mul12 | |
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8 | 1 7 | mp3an2 | |
9 | 8 | fveq2d | |
10 | mulcl | |
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11 | efival | |
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12 | 10 11 | syl | |
13 | 9 12 | eqtrd | |
14 | 13 | ancoms | |
15 | 6 14 | sylan2 | |
16 | efival | |
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17 | 16 | oveq1d | |
18 | 17 | adantr | |
19 | 5 15 18 | 3eqtr3rd | |