x2 = iln(x)

October 22, 2018

1 Solution
x2 = iln(x)

Think of an equation that relates e to i, because we have ln(x) and I want

to get rid of ln(x).

Exponential form of a complex number works:

eiθ = cosθ + isinθ

I want to solve for i in terms of e, I have to find a way to get get on it’s own.
I can achieve this by finding when sin θ = 1 and cos θ = 0

This is so that eiθ = 0 + i(1)

d
sin θ = 1 at it’s local maximum. Because dx sin θ = cos θ, at the local maxi-
mum of sin θ, cos θ will be at it’s minimum, 0.

π
After a bit of poking around, the solution to sin θ = 1 is θ = 2 × (4n + 1)

n must be an integer.

Plugging this back into the exponential form, we get:

π
i = e( 2 ×(4n+1))×i

We can now go back to our original equation.

x2 = iln(x)
π π ( π ×(4n+1))×i
x2 = (e( 2 ×(4n+1))×i )ln(x) ⇒ x2 = (e(( 2 ×(4n+1))×i)×ln(x) ⇒ x2 = eln(x 2 )

We can now cancel out the e with the ln .

1
 π
x2 = x( 2 ×(4n+1))×i ) ⇒ 2 = π×i
2 × (4n + 1)

This equation is impossible. The variable n must be an integer, and it is

clearly not going to be for any n.

Though, because the equation

π
x2 = x( 2 ×(4n+1))×i )

Has the same base of x, x = 1 may be a solution. x = 1 is the only solution,

and it has been shown there can be no other solution.