Exercise · ZW-COMPLEX-TRIGONOMETRIC-FUNCTIONS-002 · ★☆☆ Basic

For real \(y\), what is \(\sin(iy)\) equal to?

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  • B. \(i\sinh y\)

Explanation

\(\sin(iy)=\frac{e^{-y}-e^{y}}{2i}=\frac{-2\sinh y}{2i}=i\sinh y\), purely imaginary.

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The sine \(\sin z\) and cosine \(\cos z\) of a complex number \(z\) are the functions that extend the real ones through the complex exponential \(e^{iz}\).

\[\sin z=\frac{e^{iz}-e^{-iz}}{2i},\qquad \cos z=\frac{e^{iz}+e^{-iz}}{2}\]

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