Question Number 52087 by prakash jain last updated on 03/Jan/19
$$\mathrm{If}\:\mathrm{1},{a}_{\mathrm{1}} ,{a}_{\mathrm{2}} ,…,{a}_{{n}−\mathrm{1}} \:\mathrm{are}\:{n}^{{th}} \:\mathrm{roots}\:\mathrm{of} \\ $$$$\mathrm{unity}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{find}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{value}\:\mathrm{of} \\ $$$$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{1}}+\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}+{a}_{\mathrm{1}} }+\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}+{a}_{\mathrm{2}} }+..+\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}+{a}_{{n}−\mathrm{1}} } \\ $$$${n}\:\mathrm{is}\:\mathrm{odd}\:\mathrm{number} \\ $$
Commented by maxmathsup by imad last updated on 03/Jan/19
$${let}\:{S}_{{n}} =\sum_{{k}=\mathrm{0}} ^{{n}−\mathrm{1}} \:\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}+{a}_{{k}} }\:\:{with}\:{a}_{{k}} ={e}^{\frac{{i}\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}} \:\:{we}\:{have}\:\mathrm{1}+{a}_{{k}} =\mathrm{1}+{cos}\left(\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}\right)+{isin}\left(\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}\right) \\ $$$$=\mathrm{2}{cos}^{\mathrm{2}} \left(\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}\right)+\mathrm{2}{isin}\left(\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}\right){cos}\left(\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}\right)\:=\mathrm{2}{cos}\left(\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}\right){e}^{{i}\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}} \:\Rightarrow\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}+{a}_{{k}} }\:=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}{cos}\left(\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}\right)}\:{e}^{−\frac{{ik}\pi}{{n}}} \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}{cos}\left(\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}\right)}\left\{{cos}\left(\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}\right)−{isin}\left(\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}\right)\right\}=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\:−\frac{{i}}{\mathrm{2}}{tan}\left(\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}\right)\Rightarrow \\ $$$${S}_{{n}} =\frac{{n}}{\mathrm{2}}\:−\frac{{i}}{\mathrm{2}}\:\sum_{{k}=\mathrm{0}} ^{{n}−\mathrm{1}} \:{tan}\left(\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}\right)\:{rest}\:{to}\:{find}\:\sum_{{k}=\mathrm{0}} ^{{n}−\mathrm{1}} \:{tan}\left(\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}\right)… \\ $$
Answered by mr W last updated on 03/Jan/19
$${z}^{{n}} =\mathrm{1} \\ $$$${z}=\mathrm{cos}\:\theta+{i}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\theta \\ $$$${z}^{{n}} =\mathrm{cos}\:{n}\theta+{i}\:\mathrm{sin}\:{n}\theta=\mathrm{1} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{n}\theta=\mathrm{2}{k}\pi,\:{k}=\mathrm{0},\mathrm{1},\mathrm{2},…,{n}−\mathrm{1} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\theta=\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{a}_{{k}} =\mathrm{cos}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}+{i}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}} \\ $$$$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}+{a}_{{k}} }=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}+{i}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}} \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}−{i}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}}{\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} +\left(\mathrm{sin}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} } \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}−{i}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}}{\mathrm{2}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}\right)} \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\left[\mathrm{1}−{i}\frac{\mathrm{sin}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}}{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}}\right] \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\left[\mathrm{1}−{i}\frac{\mathrm{sin}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}{k}\pi}{{n}}}{\mathrm{2cos}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}}\right] \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\left[\mathrm{1}−{i}\frac{\mathrm{2sin}\:\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}}{\mathrm{2cos}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}}\right] \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\left[\mathrm{1}−{i}\mathrm{tan}\:\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}\right] \\ $$$$\underset{{k}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{{n}−\mathrm{1}} {\sum}}\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}+{a}_{{k}} }=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\left[{n}−{i}\underset{{k}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{{n}−\mathrm{1}} {\sum}}\mathrm{tan}\:\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}\right] \\ $$$$\mathrm{tan}\:\frac{\left({n}−\mathrm{1}\right)\pi}{{n}}=\mathrm{tan}\:\left(\pi−\frac{\pi}{{n}}\right)=−\mathrm{tan}\:\frac{\pi}{{n}} \\ $$$$\mathrm{tan}\:\frac{\left({n}−\mathrm{2}\right)\pi}{{n}}=\mathrm{tan}\:\left(\pi−\frac{\mathrm{2}\pi}{{n}}\right)=−\mathrm{tan}\:\frac{\mathrm{2}\pi}{{n}} \\ $$$$… \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\underset{{k}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{{n}−\mathrm{1}} {\sum}}\mathrm{tan}\:\frac{{k}\pi}{{n}}=\mathrm{0}\:\:\:\:\left({since}\:{n}={odd}\right) \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\underset{{k}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{{n}−\mathrm{1}} {\sum}}\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}+{a}_{{k}} }=\frac{{n}}{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$
Commented by prakash jain last updated on 03/Jan/19
Thanks.