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Let a=1+i2 then prove that a6+a4+a2+1=0.

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Given a=1+i2.
Now a2=(1+i)22=2i2=i.
This gives a4=1 and a6=i.
Then
a6+a4+a2+1
=(i)+(1)+i+1 [ Using the values of a2,a4,a6]
=0

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