SOLUTION: simplify the following expressions 1) i^2014!+i^2013!+i^2012!+i^2011!+i^2010!+...+i^2!+i^1!

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Question 897746: simplify the following expressions
1) i^2014!+i^2013!+i^2012!+i^2011!+i^2010!+...+i^2!+i^1!

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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All the factorials in the exponents are multiples of 4 except the last three.

When i is raised to the power of any multiple of 4, the result is 1. 

That's because  
 
So the above becomes:

1%2B1%2B1%2B1%2B1%2B%22%22%2A%22%22%2A%22%22%2A%22%22%2B1%2Bi%5E3%21%2Bi%5E2%21%2Bi%5E1%21

There are 2014-3 or 2011 1's, and for the last three terms

i%5E3%21=i%5E%283%2A2%2A1%29=%28i%5E2%29%5E3=i%5E2%2Ai=%28-1%29i=-i
i%5E2%21=i%5E%282%2A1%29=i%5E2=-1
i%5E1%21=i%5E1=i

So the sum is 2011%2B%28-i%29%2B%28-1%29%2Bi=2010

Edwin