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Find the real part and the imaginary part of eiz as well as those of cos z. For what values of z is the real part of eiz equal to cosz? 

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eiz = eix−y = e−y (cos x + isin x) = u + iv, 

e−iz = e−ix+y = ey(cos x − isin x). 

Thus 

cosz = (eiz + e−iz)/2 = cos x cosh y − isin x sinh y. 

If u is equal to cos z, then 

e−y cosx = cos x cosh y − isinx sinh y. 

The real part and the imaginary part of the equation above are: 

(e−y − cosh y) cosx = 0 and sinx sinhy = 0.

If y  0,  these two equalities give sinx = cosx = 0, which is not possible. Both equalities are satisfied if 

y = 0.

Thus the real part of eiz is equal to cos z only if z is real.



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