(07/17/2010, 07:02 AM)Gottfried Wrote:(07/17/2010, 01:50 AM)mike3 Wrote: ...
Very nice!
I had tried it up to
Quote:\( e^{(1+i)u} - e^u = -1 \)but gave up then...
What's the problem? This is just from setting \( r = e^u \) or \( u = \log( r ) \), since the \( \log \) needed to raise to the complex exponent is multivalued. I do not think it can be solved in closed form. The values tested were obtained by numerical root-finding methods (Newton's method, specifically). There could be some kind of infinite series formula or something, but I would not know what it is.

