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What is the period of \( e^{z} \) in the complex plane?

  • A.\( \pi i \)
  • B.it has no period
  • C.\( 2\pi i \)
  • D.\( 2\pi \)

Answer: C

Since \( e^{z + 2\pi i} = e^{z}e^{2\pi i} \) and \( e^{2\pi i} = 1 \),

\[ e^{z + 2\pi i} \;=\; e^{z}. \]

So the exponential is periodic with period \( 2\pi i \), a purely imaginary period. This is the reason the complex logarithm is many-valued: the exponential is not one to one

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