If $f_r(\alpha) = \left(\cos\left(\frac{\alpha}{r^2}\right) + i \sin\left(\frac{\alpha}{r^2}\right)\right)…

If $f_r(\alpha) = \left(\cos\left(\frac{\alpha}{r^2}\right) + i \sin\left(\frac{\alpha}{r^2}\right)\right) \left(\cos\left(\frac{2\alpha}{r^2}\right) + i \sin\left(\frac{2\alpha}{r^2}\right)\right) \ldots \left(\cos\left(\frac{\alpha}{r}\right) + i \sin\left(\frac{\alpha}{r}\right)\right)$ then $\lim_{n \to \infty} f_n(\pi) $equals (where $i = \sqrt{-1}$)
  1. -1
  2. 1
  3. -i
  4. i

Solution

Using De Moivre's theorem
frα=eiαr2. e2iαr2. eiαr
=eiαr21+2++r
=eiαr2rr+12=eiα21+1r
limnfnπ=limneiπ21+1n
=eiπ2=cosπ2+isinπ2=i

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