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How to prove that

$$ ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎(1+‎\cos ‎‎\alpha ‎+i‎\sin ‎‎\alpha ‎)^{100} =‎ ‎2^{100}‎\left( ‎‎\cos \left(‎\frac{‎\alpha‎}{2}\right)‎\right) ‎^{100} ‎‎\left( ‎‎\cos \left(‎\frac{100‎\alpha‎}{2}\right)+i‎\sin \left(‎\frac{100‎\alpha‎}{2}\right)‎\right)‎‎$$

I just need a hint. I tried to write $1+‎\cos ‎‎\alpha ‎+i‎\sin ‎‎\alpha$ in polar form and use De,Moivre theorem. But it was impossible to compute $\arctan \frac{\sin \alpha}{1+\cos \alpha}$.

Thomas Andrews
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$$1+\cos\alpha+i\sin \alpha=1+e^{i\alpha}=e^{\frac{i\alpha}{2}}(e^{-\frac{i\alpha}{2}}+e^{\frac{i\alpha}{2}})=2\cos\left(\frac{\alpha}{2}\right)e^{\frac{i\alpha}{2}}$$

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Hint: By double-angle formulas for sine and cosine, we have $$\frac{\sin\alpha}{1+\cos\alpha}=\frac{2\sin(\alpha/2)\cos(\alpha/2)}{2\cos^2(\alpha/2)}.$$

André Nicolas
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The figure below should make it easy to simplify the expression $\arctan \dfrac{\sin\alpha}{1+\cos\alpha}$. Note the isoceles triangle; you are looking for the angle at vertex $A$.

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David K
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$$ \begin{aligned} & (1+\cos \alpha+i \sin \alpha)^{100} \\ = & \left(2 \cos ^2 \frac{\alpha}{2}+2 i \sin \frac{\alpha}{2} \cos \frac{\alpha}{2}\right)^{100} \\ = & {\left[2 \cos \frac{\alpha}{2}\left(\cos \frac{\alpha}{2}+i \sin \frac{\alpha}{2}\right)\right]^{100} } \\ = & 2^{100} \cos ^{100} \frac{\alpha}{2}(\cos 50 \alpha+i \sin 50 \alpha) \end{aligned} $$

Lai
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