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Euler's formula

e i π + 1 = 0

e i θ = cos θ + i sin θ

Binomial theorem

( a + b ) 2 = a 2 + 2 a b + b 2

( a + b ) 3 = a 3 + 3 a 2 b + 3 a b 2 + b 3

( a + b ) n = k = 0 n ( n k ) a n k b k

Quadratic formula

a x 2 + b x + c = 0

x = b ± b 2 4 a c 2 a

Exponent rules

a m a n = a m + n

( a m ) n = a m n

( a b ) n = a n b n

Logarithm rules

log b ( x y ) = log b x + log b y

log b ( x k ) = k log b x

log b x = log c x log c b

Addition formulas

sin ( α + β ) = sin α cos β + cos α sin β

cos ( α + β ) = cos α cos β sin α sin β

Proofs

Exponent rules

Let a and b be real numbers, and let m and n be positive integers.

Definition (Exponentiation):

a 1 = a , (Def. 1)

a n + 1 = a n a for  n 1. (Def. 2)

By induction on n :

Rule 1

a m a n = a m + n

Base case ( n = 1 ):

a m a 1

= a m a (by Def. 1)

= a m + 1 . (by Def. 2)

Inductive step: Assume a m a n = a m + n . Then:

a m a n + 1

= a m ( a n a ) (by Def. 2)

= ( a m a n ) a (by associativity)

= a m + n a (by the induction hypothesis)

= a ( m + n ) + 1 (by Def. 2)

= a m + ( n + 1 ) . (by associativity)

Rule 2

( a m ) n = a m n

Base case ( n = 1 ):

( a m ) 1

= a m (by Def. 1)

= a m 1 . (by identity)

Inductive step: Assume ( a m ) n = a m n . Then:

( a m ) n + 1

= ( a m ) n a m (by Def. 2)

= a m n a m (by the induction hypothesis)

= a m n + m (by Rule 1)

= a m ( n + 1 ) . (by distributivity)

Rule 3

( a b ) n = a n b n

Base case ( n = 1 ):

( a b ) 1

= a b (by Def. 1)

= a 1 b 1 . (by Def. 1)

Inductive step: Assume ( a b ) n = a n b n . Then:

( a b ) n + 1

= ( a b ) n ( a b ) (by Def. 2)

= a n b n ( a b ) (by the induction hypothesis)

= ( a n a ) ( b n b ) (by associativity and commutativity)

= a n + 1 b n + 1 . (by Def. 2)

Logarithm rules

Let x , y > 0 and k be real numbers, and let b , c > 0 be real numbers with b , c 1 . Since a logarithm is the inverse of exponentiation, we have:

b log b x = log b ( b x ) = x ,

just like f ( f 1 ( x ) ) = f 1 ( f ( x ) ) = x . Using this:

Rule 1

log b ( x y )

= log b ( b log b x b log b y )

= log b ( b log b x + log b y )

= log b x + log b y .

Rule 2

log b ( x k )

= log b ( ( b log b x ) k )

= log b ( b k log b x )

= k log b x .

Rule 3

log b x

= log b x log c b log c b

= log c ( b log b x ) log c b

= log c x log c b .