Fungrim entry: 3d25dd

\mathop{\operatorname{solutions}\,}\limits_{x \in \mathbb{C}} \left[T_{n}\!\left(x\right) \in \left\{-1, 1\right\}\right] = \left\{ \cos\!\left(\frac{k}{n} \pi\right) : k \in \{0, 1, \ldots, n\} \right\}

Assumptions:

n \in \mathbb{Z}_{\ge 1}

TeX:

\mathop{\operatorname{solutions}\,}\limits_{x \in \mathbb{C}} \left[T_{n}\!\left(x\right) \in \left\{-1, 1\right\}\right] = \left\{ \cos\!\left(\frac{k}{n} \pi\right) : k \in \{0, 1, \ldots, n\} \right\}

n \in \mathbb{Z}_{\ge 1}

Definitions:

Fungrim symbol	Notation	Short description
`Solutions`	$\mathop{\operatorname{solutions}\,}\limits_{x \in S} Q(x)$	Solution set
`ChebyshevT`	$T_{n}\!\left(x\right)$	Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind
`CC`	$\mathbb{C}$	Complex numbers
`Cos`	$\cos(z)$	Cosine
`Pi`	$\pi$	The constant pi (3.14...)
`Range`	$\{a, a + 1, \ldots, b\}$	Integers between given endpoints
`ZZGreaterEqual`	$\mathbb{Z}_{\ge n}$	Integers greater than or equal to n

Source code for this entry:

Entry(ID("3d25dd"),
    Formula(Equal(Solutions(Brackets(Element(ChebyshevT(n, x), Set(-1, 1))), ForElement(x, CC)), Set(Cos(Mul(Div(k, n), Pi)), ForElement(k, Range(0, n))))),
    Variables(n),
    Assumptions(Element(n, ZZGreaterEqual(1))))

Topics using this entry

Chebyshev polynomials