Monday, August 7, 2017

trigonometry - Why is such sum of cosines always zero?

[INTRO]


In such arrangement of identical charged particles named P1, P2, ..., Pn (In this diagram n=5), the electric field in the center is always zero.


arrangement


The electric field is given by this equation:


F=kqr2ˆr


Where ˆr points to the radial direction.


If 2|n, then the forces are obvious canceled by symetry.


If n is odd, again the components of forces in the y axis cancel by symetry. But for the x direction the components cancel if this condition is true:



n1c=0cos(cθ)=0      θ=2πn


[END OF INTRO]


My main problem is to prove for any n, this relation holds:


n1c=0cos(2πcn)=0

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