[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.
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:
n−1∑c=0cos(cθ)=0 θ=2πn
[END OF INTRO]
My main problem is to prove for any n, this relation holds:
n−1∑c=0cos(2πcn)=0
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