What integer solutions are there of #cos x = 1# ?

1 Answer
Jan 9, 2018

The only integer solution of #cos x = 1# is #x = 0#

Explanation:

I will assume that you mean #cos x = 1# where #x# is an integer.

Note that:

#cos 2npi = 1" "# for any integer #n#

and for no other values of the argument.

Further note that #pi# is irrational.

Hence #2npi# is only an integer when #n = 0#, since if #2npi = m# then #pi = m/(2n)#.