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The negative imaginary terms have exponents on <math>i</math> that are of the form <math>4k + 3</math> for integers <math>k</math>. Therefore, the negative real part evaluates to <cmath>-(3 + 7 + ... + 1999)i</cmath> | The negative imaginary terms have exponents on <math>i</math> that are of the form <math>4k + 3</math> for integers <math>k</math>. Therefore, the negative real part evaluates to <cmath>-(3 + 7 + ... + 1999)i</cmath> | ||
− | Putting everything together, we have <cmath>i + 2i^2 + ... + 2002i^{2002} = (-2 + 4 - 6 + 8 - ... + 2000 - 2002) + (1 - 3 + 5 - 7 + ... - 1999 + 2001)i</cmath> | + | Putting everything together, we have <cmath>i + 2i^2 + ... + 2002i^{2002} = (-2 + 4 - 6 + 8 - ... + 2000 - 2002) + (1 - 3 + 5 - 7 + ... - 1999 + 2001)i</cmath> |
Group every 2 consecutive terms as shown below <cmath>((-2 + 4)+(-6 + 8) + ... + (-1998 + 2000)-2002) + ((1 - 3)+(5 - 7) + ... + (1997 - 1999) + 2001)i</cmath> | Group every 2 consecutive terms as shown below <cmath>((-2 + 4)+(-6 + 8) + ... + (-1998 + 2000)-2002) + ((1 - 3)+(5 - 7) + ... + (1997 - 1999) + 2001)i</cmath> |
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Note that , so for all integers and . In particular, , , and . We group the positive and negative real terms together and group the positive and negative imaginary parts together.
The positive real terms have exponents on that are multiples of 4. Therefore, the positive real part evaluates to The negative real terms have exponents on that are of the form for integers . Therefore, the negative real part evaluates to The positive imaginary terms have exponents on that are of the form for integers . Therefore, the negative real part evaluates to The negative imaginary terms have exponents on that are of the form for integers . Therefore, the negative real part evaluates to
Putting everything together, we have
Group every 2 consecutive terms as shown below
Now we evaluate each small bracket with 2 terms. We get in the real part and in the imaginary part. Therefore, the sum becomes .
See also
2002 AMC 12P (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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Followed by Problem 15 |
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