Tuesday, 1 November 2016

complex numbers - Why this proof 0=1 is wrong?(breakfast joke)



We have e2πin=1




So we have e2πin+1=e



which implies (e2πin+1)2πin+1=e2πin+1=e
Thus we have e4π2n2+4πin+1=e



This implies e4π2n2=1



Taking the limit when n gives 0=1.


Answer



Your error is (as in most of those fake-proofs) in the step where you use the power law (ab)c=abc without the conditions of that power law being fulfilled.



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