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  • @blackpenredpen
    @blackpenredpen  3 роки тому +215

    Solve this by the super square root ua-cam.com/video/F_XC9_XSw7k/v-deo.html

    • @krucyferariusz1813
      @krucyferariusz1813 3 роки тому

      what happend if x=0, becouse I can't see 0 in any formula (I mean xe(-∞;0)u(0,∞)

    • @Juan-yj2nn
      @Juan-yj2nn 3 роки тому +2

      @@krucyferariusz1813 Shut up

    • @davidbroadfoot1864
      @davidbroadfoot1864 3 роки тому +3

      @@Juan-yj2nn LOL

    • @DatBoi_TheGudBIAS
      @DatBoi_TheGudBIAS 3 роки тому

      0:09 MaLeFiC lAuGh
      and really? a complex power? brah

    • @DatBoi_TheGudBIAS
      @DatBoi_TheGudBIAS 3 роки тому

      according to geogebra, the 3rd root is +- = -0.766664744346434 (346434 repeats infinitely or many times)

  • @jzanimates2352
    @jzanimates2352 5 років тому +6120

    Best variables for math:
    X
    Y
    Fish

    • @remlatzargonix1329
      @remlatzargonix1329 5 років тому +92

      JZ Animates .....what about star, square, lightning bolt? ........I have seen that before.

    • @Pete-Prolly
      @Pete-Prolly 5 років тому +210


      ∑🙂ⁿ = 1+🙂+🙂²+🙂³+🙂⁴+...
      ⁿ⁼⁰
      I present emoji variable in infinite series.

    • @hamsterdam1942
      @hamsterdam1942 5 років тому +59

      @@Pete-Prolly i see only squares lol

    • @That_One_Guy...
      @That_One_Guy... 5 років тому +27

      @@Pete-Prolly how did you type the sigma symbol along with the index and number ?

    • @benjaminrosenberg
      @benjaminrosenberg 5 років тому +35

      @@That_One_Guy... you can copy and paste the sigma (Σ) from online sources or use a Greek keyboard; for the powers (¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹⁰) you can get those from copying and pasting as well. For the indices (n=0 at the bottom of the Σ), you can get them to look like they're right below the sigma by using superscripts (aka exponents) on the line beneath, so that they look like they're actually under the sigma. See this example:
      Σ

  • @poprockssuck87
    @poprockssuck87 5 років тому +4759

    Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man WITH fish, and he'll be able to solve for the solutions of x^2=2^x.

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +347

      Aaron L Hahahahahaha!!!

    • @RedRad1990
      @RedRad1990 5 років тому +52

      Give PIERRE DE FERMAT a fish, and he'll FIND A BEAUTIFUL SOLUTION THIS FISH IS NOT ABLE TO CONTAIN

    • @dlevi67
      @dlevi67 5 років тому +75

      Not only that, but he will be able to continue calculating solutions for all of his lifetime, since there are infinitely many. Not sure what he will eat, but that problem takes care of itself eventually.

    • @rorycannon7295
      @rorycannon7295 5 років тому +2

      lol

    • @darkseid856
      @darkseid856 5 років тому +2

      I am confusion.

  • @angelmendez-rivera351
    @angelmendez-rivera351 4 роки тому +160

    A more careful and rigorous way of handling the equation z^2 = 2^z is by noticing that if z is not an integer, then 2^z is inevitably multivalued. Namely, 2^z := exp[ln(2)·z + 2nπi·z] for any integer n. This implies z^2 = exp([ln(2) + 2nπi]·z). Now, a few cases must be considered. The first case is that |Arg(z)| < π/2, and the second case is that π/2 < |Arg(z)| < π. It is notable that if |Arg(z)| < π/2, then |Arg(z^2)| < π, and if π/2 < |Arg(z)| < π, then also |Arg(z^2)| < π.
    In the first case, z^2 = exp([ln(2) + 2nπi]·z) implies z = exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z), and z = exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z) implies -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z·exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z) = -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]. Therefore, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z = W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]), equivalent to z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi]). Notice that if n = m = 0, then this simplifies to z = 2.
    In the second case, z^2 = exp([ln(2) + 2nπi]·z) implies -z = exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z), equivalent to -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z·exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z) = ln(2)/2 + nπi. Therefore, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z = W(m, ln(2)/2 + nπi), hence z = -W(m, ln(2)/2 + nπi)/[ln(2)/2 + nπi].
    With this, the remaining cases are Arg(z) = π, Arg(z) = π/2, and Arg(z) = -π/2.
    In the first of these three, z = -r, with r = |r|, so -r = exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·r), thus [ln(2)/2 + nπi]·r·exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·r) = -[ln(2)/2 + nπi], and [ln(2)/2 + nπi]·r = W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]). Therefore, z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi].
    If Arg(z) = -π/2, then z = -ri, with r = |r|. Hence -ri = exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri), and [ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri·exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri) = -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]. Therefore, [ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri = W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]), and z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi].
    Finally, if Arg(z) = π/2, then z = ri, with r = |r|, so ri = exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri), and -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri·exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri) = -[ln(2)/2 + nπi], hence -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri = W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]), so z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi].
    In summary, if Arg(z) = π, |Arg(z)| = π/2 or |Arg(z)| < π/2, then z^2 = 2^z implies z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi], and if π/2 < |Arg(z)| < π, then z^2 = 2^z implies z = -W(m, +[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi], in both cases for arbitrary integers n and m.
    This gives the complete family of complex solutions with no extraneous solutions.
    The solution families can be compactified. Notice that exp[W(t)] = t/W(t), so exp[-W(t)] = W(t)/t. Therefore, -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi] = +exp[-W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])], and -W(m, +[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi] = -exp[-W(m, +[ln(2)/2 + nπi])]. As such, if Arg(z) = π, |Arg(z)| = π/2 or |Arg(z)| < π/2, then z^2 = 2^z implies z = +exp[-W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])], and if π/2 < |Arg(z)| < π, then z^2 = 2^z implies z = -exp[-W(m, +[ln(2)/2 + nπi])]. Again, this solution is complete and with no extraneous solutions.

    • @iloveorganicchem6921
      @iloveorganicchem6921 2 роки тому +25

      Wow man

    • @maxprofane
      @maxprofane 2 роки тому +17

      You simply answered all my questions about this solution and much more. Thank you very much.

    • @M1m1s
      @M1m1s Рік тому +28

      Can't wait for the day where I can understand half the crap that you wrote- if I remember, I might come back here in a few years.

    • @xxocry
      @xxocry Рік тому +7

      ​@@M1m1sNah bro you coming back today

    • @johocharger
      @johocharger Рік тому +4

      bro took it personally

  • @n4p3r0
    @n4p3r0 5 років тому +698

    8:47 We know that we know that

  • @taflo1981
    @taflo1981 5 років тому +943

    "This is not a fish yet, but it's almost a fish." Sounds like evolution at work.🤣

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +52

      Hahahahahaha definitely!!

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +68

      Evolution of equations

    • @Icy-ll5ie
      @Icy-ll5ie 5 років тому +4

      @@blackpenredpen what do you think about "one minus zero-point-nine*repeating"?
      ( 1-0.(9)=? )
      I think matematicians should invent new numbers like 0.(0)1 with the rule that they can not be converted like this:
      A.b = ab/10

    • @Macion-sm2ui
      @Macion-sm2ui 5 років тому +13

      @@Icy-ll5ie Lol, but 0.(9) is equal to 1. It's not a some kind of magic, neverending irrational number, but it's 1. It's simple proof: 0.(9)*10 = 9.(9) 0.(9)*9=0.(9)*10-0.(9)=9.(9)-0.(9)=9 So, when we divide this by 9, we get 1.

    • @particleonazock2246
      @particleonazock2246 4 роки тому +5

      @@Icy-ll5ie You can readily prove it via the nested intervals and lower bound, or alternatively, Dedekind cuts, if a simplistic algebraic proof doesn't exactly appeal to you.

  • @daniel-fich
    @daniel-fich 4 роки тому +163

    12:57 Look at the way he looks at his math with passion in his eyes :-D

  • @dihydrogenmonoxid1337
    @dihydrogenmonoxid1337 5 років тому +101

    I should read a book for english but pen(black+red) math videos are sooo much nicer💯

  • @nibblesdotbas
    @nibblesdotbas 3 роки тому +108

    7:48 How does one know in advance what indices (in this case 0 and -1) to use for the Lambert W function in order to get real answers?

    • @cheesefrogsnail
      @cheesefrogsnail 3 роки тому +8

      I had in mind the exact same question...

    • @vma011
      @vma011 2 роки тому +24

      According to Wikipedia, seems like the indices 0 and -1 are standard when working with real answers with the Lambert W

  • @HasXXXInCrocs
    @HasXXXInCrocs 5 років тому +53

    Prove the Lambert W function! I've never heard of it (haven't taken analysis yet, not sure if thats covered there) and i think its awesome!

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +17

      Matt Heitmann I have an introductory video in the description already.

  • @MathswithMuneer
    @MathswithMuneer 5 років тому +46

    Respect from one math teacher to another math teacher

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +6

      Thank you!!!

    • @MindYourFunds
      @MindYourFunds 4 роки тому

      The third root from the graph is obviously a negative x...how come it became imaginary... Perhaps the two math teacher will explain it to me

    • @050138
      @050138 4 роки тому +2

      @@MindYourFunds you didn't pay attention to the video.... The third root is a negative real number -0.7666.... the fourth fifth and so on - Solutions are imaginary, and they aren't intuitive

  • @JyothiSwaroopM
    @JyothiSwaroopM 5 років тому +37

    I've been trying out this problem since I was in 10th grade of school. Now I'm in the third year of engineering.
    Thanks to you I got to know about the new function "Lambert W function"

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +8

      Glad to hear!! Thank you for the comment too

  • @PlutoTheSecond
    @PlutoTheSecond 5 років тому +239

    BPRP: It's probably irrational...
    Wolfram: It's transcendental.

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +60

      Hahahah yea I know!! I saw that when I was editing the video and I was like hmmmm should I edit that part out. Haha

    • @AndrewBlechinger
      @AndrewBlechinger 5 років тому +14

      I mean...you're not wrong.

    • @jamboree1953
      @jamboree1953 4 роки тому +26

      @@blackpenredpen All real transcendental numbers are irrational. So you are still right.

    • @Phantlos
      @Phantlos 4 роки тому +1

      @@jamboree1953 wrong, e*i its still transcendental but not irrational

    • @awelotta
      @awelotta 4 роки тому +10

      @@Phantlos if it's not irrational, wouldn't it be representable with division of two intervals and this not transcendental?

  • @phyricquinn2457
    @phyricquinn2457 4 роки тому +57

    Thank you for producing all of this unique content! I really love these videos!

  • @תומרסבן
    @תומרסבן 5 років тому +337

    the fish is a paid actor

  • @byronvega8298
    @byronvega8298 5 років тому +95

    From this point on I'll start writing functions that depend on fish rather than x

    • @univuniveral9713
      @univuniveral9713 5 років тому +8

      Leave endangered species alone, sir. You have done enough harm to our oceans with plastic bags.

  • @atheoristspointofview7059
    @atheoristspointofview7059 5 років тому +84

    8:45 "we know that-we know that"(pro jump cuts)

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +8

      Definitely awesome!

    • @24kGoldenRocket
      @24kGoldenRocket 4 роки тому

      @@blackpenredpen No. It is not awesome. To make assumptions about what your student "already" knows is a poor teaching technique. Yes I can do the algebra in my head also. But you might soon learn that most people cannot. How fast you learn that depends upon your IQ.

    • @z_.v
      @z_.v 4 роки тому +16

      @@24kGoldenRocket true but I think the line must be drawn where he stops explaining every detail and assumes the viewers know what he is talking about, because this is a (mostly) calc-based channel. The instance mentioned in which he states that "we know that" is quite basic, though. I doubt anyone watching this wouldn't understand how to turn a negative (x < 0) value into a positive value by multiplying by a negative value.

    • @anandsuralkar2947
      @anandsuralkar2947 4 роки тому +5

      @@24kGoldenRocket this channel is not for noobs he wont spend his time explaining u what log and exponentials ate in every video he have to pre assume that u know basic maths if not go and learn some basics first

    • @24kGoldenRocket
      @24kGoldenRocket 4 роки тому +1

      o@@anandsuralkar2947 LOL. I was a University Math Instructor.

  • @lumi2030
    @lumi2030 3 роки тому +34

    I did expect it to have infinitely many solutions after I remember W(x) was a multi-valued function, but it still surprised me when I found out it was actually true.

  • @Bayerwaldler
    @Bayerwaldler 4 роки тому +7

    One can also use the identity 2^x = e^((ln2)*x) and take square roots on both sides of the equation. I think it is a little more simple to work out then. I get the solutions x=-(2/ln(2))*W_0(-ln(2)/2) = 2, x= -(2/ln(2))*W_1(-ln(2)/2) = 4 and -(2/ln(2))*W_0(ln(2)/2) = -0.766664... The terms look a little different but yield the same values as in the video.

  • @NektoYa-w1n
    @NektoYa-w1n 5 років тому +350

    Can you make a video explaining LambertW indexes?

    • @hermessantos181
      @hermessantos181 5 років тому +5

      Yeah, plsss

    • @peter-hm9iu
      @peter-hm9iu 5 років тому +2

      Yes

    • @DavidRodriguezBarrios
      @DavidRodriguezBarrios 5 років тому +2

      Yes no Also asks for more

    • @briandohler8025
      @briandohler8025 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah I missed this last step.

    • @psilvakimo
      @psilvakimo 4 роки тому +10

      True. He never describes the LambertW index. I had to use a numerical algorithm to solve it. It converges quite slowly.

  • @josephsmith786
    @josephsmith786 3 роки тому +25

    Alternative solution: x = 2^(x/2), so rearranging gives -ln(sqrt(2)) x exp(- ln(sqrt(2)) x) = -ln(sqrt(2)).
    Taking W of both sides gives (by rearranging) x = W(-ln(sqrt(2))) / -ln(sqrt(2)). No assumptions on signs needed here.

    • @adiaphoros6842
      @adiaphoros6842 2 роки тому +2

      You already made an implicit assumption on signs.
      x² = y
      x = ±sqrt(y)
      So your first 2 lines should be:
      x² = 2ˣ
      x = ±2^(x/2)

  • @nou3227
    @nou3227 4 роки тому +78

    My teacher explaing math: so x is equal to y
    Blackpenredpen explaning math: *_F I S H_*

  • @spelunkerd
    @spelunkerd 5 років тому +24

    Great video. I completely forgot about Lambert, this was an excellent case, where I could have used it if I was creative enough to think of the way out.

  • @GreenArsenal
    @GreenArsenal 4 роки тому +1771

    Who else doesn’t understand anything but still watches

  • @InvaderMixo
    @InvaderMixo 5 років тому +14

    I love learning, especially math. I love your enthusiasm. It's so uplifting to be in a math moment with you!

  • @ankitdubey9310
    @ankitdubey9310 4 роки тому +74

    Applies Lambert to fish ( e)^ (fish)
    Le fish:
    Allow me to introduce myself

  • @blackpenredpen
    @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +80

    Lambert W function intro: ua-cam.com/video/sWgNCra93D8/v-deo.html

    • @michaelschneider4093
      @michaelschneider4093 5 років тому +10

      I can't wait to watch this and learn in a class setting. I recently took my differentiation exam (calculus 1) and I got 96.6% woo

    • @subhrajyotidutta4725
      @subhrajyotidutta4725 5 років тому +3

      How do we show the following is a good approximation:
      xe^x~(1-7/9)^(-x)-(1+7/9)^x

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +6

      That’s very well done!! I am happy to hear that!

    • @roderickwhitehead
      @roderickwhitehead 5 років тому +1

      Thanks!

    • @fernandobueno8720
      @fernandobueno8720 3 роки тому

      Okay, you expressed the result in terms of the Lambert function. But we wanted the missing root, 0.77, expressed in rationals and complex roots as well.

  • @cbarnes2160
    @cbarnes2160 2 роки тому +1

    Lambert W comes up in calculations of current-voltage relationships in solar cells and diodes. Blew my mind the first time I saw it and fun that it comes up in many places.

  • @serein_11
    @serein_11 2 роки тому +6

    This question was in my 11th grade math book. They seriously expect 11th grade students to solve this omg.

    • @samueldeandrade8535
      @samueldeandrade8535 Рік тому +2

      Probably you are mistaken. Probably they asked just for positive values.

  • @paulfaigl8329
    @paulfaigl8329 4 роки тому +5

    Cool, very cool. I never knew that Herr Lambert was working on photometry, colours etc. and that his W function has so many other uses! Thank you!

  • @SpaceSwimmer69
    @SpaceSwimmer69 4 роки тому +6

    Thanks a lot! I Just finished school, but never heard of the LamberW equasion. Everything else I understood perfectly.
    I liked it so much, I found solutions for the x>0 myself.

  • @ismailmth
    @ismailmth 5 років тому +1

    13:00 and lnsqrt2=O
    x=-e^-W(O)
    End -1= H
    x=He^HW(O)

  • @eric_welch
    @eric_welch 3 роки тому +18

    I have to say I thoroughly enjoy YT suggesting older BPRP vids so I can watch the epic beard/goatee evolution :)

  • @bobbrown5726
    @bobbrown5726 2 роки тому +1

    The fish is So Cool !!! Great illustration!

  • @tomvanmoer8202
    @tomvanmoer8202 4 роки тому +10

    "The fish" lmao, cracks me up every time.

  • @paramrajsingh1539
    @paramrajsingh1539 Рік тому +1

    I was working on this problem but I didn't knew this vid existed and after few minutes it ramlndomly popped up and seems like my FBI did a good job 😊

  • @TheDanksNewGroove
    @TheDanksNewGroove 5 років тому +4

    A more elegant way to write the solution would be -1/ssqrt(√2), where ssqrt() is the super square root from tetration.

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +4

      I just recorded a video on this today! Thank you so much for the idea!

    • @TheDanksNewGroove
      @TheDanksNewGroove 5 років тому +1

      blackpenredpen Wow! Looking forward to it!

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 роки тому +1

      It is a more *concise* way of writing it, yes, but the ssqrt operator is strictly defined in terms of W(x) in the first place.

  • @amish4988
    @amish4988 3 роки тому

    i never thought there were people on the internet who enjoy math the way i do! man.... i wish you were my friend so we can talk about math forever!

  • @tch3n93
    @tch3n93 4 роки тому +6

    Problem: contain exponents
    blackpenredpen: it's Lambert-W time

  • @fyfoh
    @fyfoh 4 роки тому +2

    I have a masters in engineering, and I think this is the first time I've heard of the Lambert w function.

    • @carultch
      @carultch Рік тому

      It comes up in diode characteristic curve equations, when you know the current and want to solve for the voltage.

  • @vincentnguyen2558
    @vincentnguyen2558 5 років тому +4

    Thank you blackpenredpen for answering my question

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +2

      You’re welcome. In fact many ppl have asked this question in the past. It’s a very popular question

  • @cr1t1cs92
    @cr1t1cs92 2 роки тому

    look I found this guy on my UA-cam recommendations today.
    1. So my question is how he got 2^x in graph. and y x^2 looks like modulas one?
    2.lamvert W what? oh
    3.What is a log?
    4.I will come back month or two later to understand this question.

  • @pgk2022
    @pgk2022 4 роки тому +20

    This is anxiety-inducing as now I know some of the things I'll have to learn when I'm older.

    • @smoorej
      @smoorej 4 роки тому +4

      UNDEADWARLORD 17 for me it is anxiety-inducing because it shows me things I have forgotten now that I am older

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 роки тому +8

      It's not so bad. When it's your turn to learn them, you'll be more prepared than you were when exposed to this video for the first time.

  • @DinoDiniProductions
    @DinoDiniProductions 3 роки тому +1

    Lambert W! Amazing that 1) The function is useful in all kinds of modelling of actual real physical behaviours, e.g. how long will it take for a bucket of water with a hole in it to drain to a certain depth. 2) The function is not implemented in floating point libraries or FPUs.

  • @tarsala1995
    @tarsala1995 5 років тому +6

    In 100th episode, please show your left biceps. I can only imagine how shredded it is after this hard holding-ball workout

  • @alberteinstein3612
    @alberteinstein3612 3 роки тому +2

    How does he manage to always teach me something new every single vid?

  • @MaxxTosh
    @MaxxTosh 5 років тому +11

    Well now you have to find all the values of x for a given n such that x^n=n^x

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +6

      Hahahahaha. Replace all the 2 by n then we are done!

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 5 років тому +6

      x^n = n^x -> x^n = e[log(n)·x] -> xω(n)^m = e^[log(n)·x/n], where ω(n) = e^[(2π/n)i], and m = 0, 1, ..., n - 1, meaning there are n cases to consider, one for each value of m. Regardless, xω(n)^m = e^[log(n)·x/n] -> xe^[-log(n)·x/n] = ω(n)^m, since 1/ω(n)^m = ω(n)^(n - 1 - m), which we can reindex to be ω(n)^m, since m is a variable. Then [-log(n)·x/n]e^[-log(n)·x/n] = -log(n)·ω(n)^m/n -> -log(n)·x/n = W[-log(n)·ω(n)^m/n] -> x = -n·W[-log(n)·ω(n)^m]/log(n).

    • @ejb7969
      @ejb7969 5 років тому +1

      @@angelmendez-rivera351 That is intuitively obvious. :{ ) (Respect!)

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 роки тому

      ejbejbphone Thank you

  • @Sammy-qt9it
    @Sammy-qt9it Рік тому

    It's weird that, during the first 2 years of a maths degree, I have not encountered the lambert w function, but on UA-cam, it's everywhere

  • @amansharma2957
    @amansharma2957 5 років тому +7

    Bro You are Godfather of Mathematics Very Impressed by your knowledge..KEEP POSTING SUCH GREAT 😊

  • @braznartn5176
    @braznartn5176 Рік тому +1

    Sir... You are truly VALUABLE to our society.

  • @TheSavageTeddy
    @TheSavageTeddy 5 років тому +5

    all the possible variables you could have chosen and you chose FISH!?!?!
    respected.

  • @XxAspect23xX
    @XxAspect23xX 9 місяців тому +1

    at case 1 we get 1/x ln(x)= 1/2 ln 2 so by compiring x=2

  • @alexming9179
    @alexming9179 4 роки тому +7

    Hummm for a guy who scored 6 out of 120 in mathematics... good job for recommending UA-cam

  • @ManojkantSamal
    @ManojkantSamal 3 місяці тому

    As per question
    X^2=2^x
    (X^2)^(1/x)=(2^x)^(1/x)
    X^(2/x)=2
    {X^(2/x)}^(1/2)=2^(1/2)
    X^(1/x)=2^(1/2)
    X=2

  • @tajpa100
    @tajpa100 4 роки тому +3

    dear teacher, could you give a more detailed lesson on the Lambert function?

  • @DANGJOS
    @DANGJOS 4 роки тому

    I feel so much better. I spent so much time thinking about this trying to solve it. Who knew it would be something so crazy?!!

  • @fernandofrio5863
    @fernandofrio5863 4 роки тому +3

    8:46 Yeah we really knew that

  • @joshuahillerup4290
    @joshuahillerup4290 Рік тому

    Years later and ChatGPT was clearly studying these videos:
    W(x) = 🐟
    Model: Default
    Joshua Hillerup
    W(🐟*e^🐟)
    Assuming that by W() you mean the Lambert W function (also known as the product logarithm function), and by e you mean the mathematical constant approximately equal to 2.71828, then we can solve this expression as follows:
    Let x = 🐟 * e^🐟, then we can rewrite the expression as W(x).
    The Lambert W function is defined as the inverse function of f(z) = z * e^z, such that W(f(z)) = z for all complex numbers z.
    Therefore, we can rewrite x as x = 🐟 * e^🐟 = f(🐟), and solve for W(x) by finding the inverse of f(🐟):
    W(x) = W(f(🐟))
    = 🐟
    So the solution to W(🐟*e^🐟) is simply 🐟.

  • @XgamersXdimensions
    @XgamersXdimensions 5 років тому +10

    Can you do a video on what the Lambert W function actually is and how it was derived?

  • @GreenMeansGOF
    @GreenMeansGOF 5 років тому +1

    This is basically the method I used to investigate the question at the end of your “Are you tired of this kind of question” video. We can compare a^b and b^a by considering the Lambert W function. Unfortunately it does not seem that this answer helps because I do not believe we can evaluate the Lambert W function without a calculator. So for example, this method does not help us decide if (e-1)^π is greater or less than π^(e-1).

    • @almachizit3207
      @almachizit3207 5 років тому

      Simple, e=3 & π=3 therefore e^π=π^e.

    • @dlevi67
      @dlevi67 5 років тому

      You can't evaluate many other functions without a calculator (e.g. exponentials for non-integer powers and/or irrational base, logs or trigonometric functions). They are just more familiar than W, so more people have an "approximate" idea of their behaviour.

    • @dlevi67
      @dlevi67 5 років тому

      @@almachizit3207 Fundamental theorem of engineering. To which one can add log(2) = 3/10.

    • @almachizit3207
      @almachizit3207 5 років тому

      @@dlevi67 exponentials, natural logs, trig, inverse trig and hyperbolic trig as well as many others can be estimated to arbitrary accuracy by hand with Taylor series (I point out those ones because I know them off the top of my head). Non-integer and negative powers can also be estimated to arbitrary accuracy by hand using binomial theorem, which I have encountered some smug bastards who have done that to calculate things like cube roots or things like that in their head with reasonable accuracy. For these things you just have to be a bit more patient than using a calculator.

    • @dlevi67
      @dlevi67 5 років тому

      @@almachizit3207 ​ W can be calculated by hand too. Lambert and Euler tabled it in the 1750s - no calculators then. But it's a slog and using a calculator makes it significantly easier. What I'm pointing out is that many people commenting here seem to think it "weird" and "difficult" and "different". It's not; it's just not something that is typically taught in high school (or even initial degree-level math courses).

  • @joaovitorcampos99
    @joaovitorcampos99 5 років тому +3

    Lim Cot^2 (x) - 1/x^2
    x->0
    :)

  • @syedmdabid7191
    @syedmdabid7191 Рік тому

    To, Black pen and red pen:-
    Sin (A+B) = SinA. CosB+ CosA. Sin B, Sin 2A= 2 SinA. CosA etc.
    So derive a formula for Sin( A^B). (=?)

  • @fala7farmer
    @fala7farmer 4 роки тому +13

    LAMBERT OF 🐠 EAT 🐠 IS 🐠, SO COOL!

  • @literallyme.realmp4
    @literallyme.realmp4 2 роки тому

    "The Lambert W function will give you the fish back" is something I never thought I'd hear

  • @strawhat0000
    @strawhat0000 4 роки тому +5

    Everyone gangsta until lambert w function

  • @tracyh5751
    @tracyh5751 4 роки тому +1

    If you replace the absolute value with the magnitude of a complex number z, this approach still works and the indices of the product log gives all of the (infinitely many!) complex solutions. :)

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 роки тому +2

      A more careful and rigorous way of handling the equation z^2 = 2^z is by noticing that if z is not an integer, then 2^z is inevitably multivalued. Namely, 2^z := exp[ln(2)·z + 2nπi·z] for any integer n. This implies z^2 = exp([ln(2) + 2nπi]·z). Now, a few cases must be considered. The first case is that |Arg(z)| < π/2, and the second case is that π/2 < |Arg(z)| < π. It is notable that if |Arg(z)| < π/2, then |Arg(z^2)| < π, and if π/2 < |Arg(z)| < π, then also |Arg(z^2)| < π.
      In the first case, z^2 = exp([ln(2) + 2nπi]·z) implies z = exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z), and z = exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z) implies -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z·exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z) = -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]. Therefore, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z = W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]), equivalent to z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi]). Notice that if n = m = 0, then this simplifies to z = 2.
      In the second case, z^2 = exp([ln(2) + 2nπi]·z) implies -z = exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z), equivalent to -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z·exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z) = ln(2)/2 + nπi. Therefore, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z = W(m, ln(2)/2 + nπi), hence z = -W(m, ln(2)/2 + nπi)/[ln(2)/2 + nπi].
      With this, the remaining cases are Arg(z) = π, Arg(z) = π/2, and Arg(z) = -π/2.
      In the first of these three, z = -r, with r = |r|, so -r = exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·r), thus [ln(2)/2 + nπi]·r·exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·r) = -[ln(2)/2 + nπi], and [ln(2)/2 + nπi]·r = W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]). Therefore, z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi].
      If Arg(z) = -π/2, then z = -ri, with r = |r|. Hence -ri = exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri), and [ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri·exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri) = -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]. Therefore, [ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri = W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]), and z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi].
      Finally, if Arg(z) = π/2, then z = ri, with r = |r|, so ri = exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri), and -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri·exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri) = -[ln(2)/2 + nπi], hence -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri = W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]), so z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi].
      In summary, if Arg(z) = π, |Arg(z)| = π/2 or |Arg(z)| < π/2, then z^2 = 2^z implies z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi], and if π/2 < |Arg(z)| < π, then z^2 = 2^z implies z = -W(m, +[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi], in both cases for arbitrary integers n and m.
      This gives the complete family of complex solutions with no extraneous solutions.
      The solution families can be compactified. Notice that exp[W(t)] = t/W(t), so exp[-W(t)] = W(t)/t. Therefore, -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi] = +exp[-W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])], and -W(m, +[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi] = -exp[-W(m, +[ln(2)/2 + nπi])]. As such, if Arg(z) = π, |Arg(z)| = π/2 or |Arg(z)| < π/2, then z^2 = 2^z implies z = +exp[-W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])], and if π/2 < |Arg(z)| < π, then z^2 = 2^z implies z = -exp[-W(m, +[ln(2)/2 + nπi])]. Again, this solution is complete and with no extraneous solutions.

  • @chinmayjoshi3592
    @chinmayjoshi3592 5 років тому +9

    8:47 was absolutely unexpected

  • @cokxi
    @cokxi Рік тому +1

    idk why but the piece wise function for absolute value of x still seriously fucks up my mind. like on a good day im able to make sense out of it, and on other days its just a brainfuck.

  • @pedrobizarro2164
    @pedrobizarro2164 5 років тому +19

    I'm still waiting for the proof of the cubic equation
    I think you can do it in 15 minutes or less. I did it in 20 minutes (because I'm not good at explaining Lol)

    • @fluffymassacre2918
      @fluffymassacre2918 5 років тому +2

      @@aaryanbhatia4939 you aint

    • @pedrobizarro2164
      @pedrobizarro2164 5 років тому +1

      Aaryan Bhatia What I did was give other values ​​to the variables x.
      if you want to know the extended formula you just have to change those final values ​​at the roots of x

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 5 років тому +6

      Aaryan Bhatia The answer is you *cannot.* Not in general, anyway. Only for certain values of the coefficients is the result simplifiable. Whenever it is not, this is known as casus irreducibilis. If you have ever wondered why an angle of 1° is not constructible, the answer is because 3° is constructible, and third angles of nontrivial constructible angles are not constructible usually, because the third-angle formula in general is unsolvable, as it requires solving a cubic equation that results in casus irreducibilis. This is why the cubic formula is not taught as opposed to the quadratic formula being taught. It is usually not useful, because casus irreducibilis is more common than not.

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 5 років тому +2

      Aaryan Bhatia Well, no, it is not like the quadratic formula. The quadratic formula is useful and practical. The quadratic formula suffers from no casus irreducibilis. The quadratic discriminant also does not suffer from case deficiency. The cubic formula is, in every sense, analogous to the quadratic formula, but strictly inferior.

    • @mennoltvanalten7260
      @mennoltvanalten7260 5 років тому

      @Aaryan Bhatia I'm going to guess the answer is 'try and fail'

  • @julioguerra5092
    @julioguerra5092 4 роки тому

    We have been using a simple method: x^2=2^x, take Ln both sides, 2Ln(x)=xLn(2), then Ln(x)x^/x = Ln(2)/2 and finally x^(1/x)=2^(1/2)
    x with its inverse as exponent is equals to 2 with its inverse as exponent. Two sides are identical in this equation , then x = 2

  • @nicolasgoubin
    @nicolasgoubin 5 років тому +5

    The mic is back

  • @ggonzalezru
    @ggonzalezru 4 роки тому +1

    I love your channel, man! thanks for your videos. Cheers from Chile

  • @chriskoperniak784
    @chriskoperniak784 4 роки тому +12

    I followed you up until 7:05. In math it’s dangerous to say “of course...” Also, you introduced this lambert function without providing an explanation as to how to work with it

    • @zwz.zdenek
      @zwz.zdenek 4 роки тому +8

      There's plenty other stuff he didn't define thoroughly first. A video can't be 10 years long to replace your entire school.

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 роки тому

      Chris Koperniak He defined the function for what it is. I'm not sure what else you think needs to be explained.

    • @awelotta
      @awelotta 4 роки тому

      So is that the definition of the Lambert function?, I.e. as the solutions to that equation?

  • @sudarshanreddyp776
    @sudarshanreddyp776 2 роки тому

    We can just draw graphs of both and see where they are intersecting and hence we ARRIVE WITH THREE SOLUTIONS
    -0.9(approx) is a solution

  • @waterdragonlucas8263
    @waterdragonlucas8263 4 роки тому +3

    i tried x^-1 ln(lxl)=1/2 ln(2 on the desmos graphing calculator and the three answers i got were 2, 4, and -0.76666666666666...

    • @inx1819
      @inx1819 4 роки тому

      Is -0.76(6) correct? because i also got that from my calculator and i wanna know if that's ok

  • @choohaoming221
    @choohaoming221 4 роки тому

    Use iterative method, x1=squt2^xo then starting xo=-ve

  • @NitronNeutron
    @NitronNeutron 5 років тому +5

    I need more about the LambertW function

    • @quantumcity6679
      @quantumcity6679 5 років тому +1

      Just go and check it out on Wikipedia...... म द फ क

  • @Doktoren
    @Doktoren 3 роки тому

    Thank you for making me learn a new useful function I didn't know about, the Lambert function

  • @gergodenes6360
    @gergodenes6360 5 років тому +23

    Isn't it just one case of your y^x=x^y vid?

    • @hermessantos181
      @hermessantos181 5 років тому +4

      Well, it is. But does he have a video talking about the y^x=x^y? Isn't x^x=y^y?

    • @zohichnazirro8640
      @zohichnazirro8640 5 років тому +2

      @@hermessantos181 ua-cam.com/video/L0XY6llSzyo/v-deo.html

    • @hermessantos181
      @hermessantos181 5 років тому +1

      @@zohichnazirro8640 thank you

    • @gergodenes6360
      @gergodenes6360 5 років тому +1

      @@hermessantos181 He also has this gem: ua-cam.com/video/PI1NeGtJo7s/v-deo.html
      Although, it's without the Lambert-W function, so the complex cases are out of the question.

  • @laughinking5101
    @laughinking5101 4 роки тому

    I really enjoyed it! Your enthusiasm is contagious and spurred me on too!

  • @JJ_TheGreat
    @JJ_TheGreat 4 роки тому +3

    Ah, man... This is very unsatisfying: How do we know what the Lambert W function is - without having to use Wolfram Alpha? And what are these "indexes", what do they mean - can you please do a video about them? Would we need to use Wolfram Alpha to calculate them? Because changing them obviously gets you different answers to the question/problem.

    • @Gulyus
      @Gulyus 4 роки тому +2

      The equation is apparently covered in a video in the description. The indexes are different solutions to it in either real or conplex space.

    • @JJ_TheGreat
      @JJ_TheGreat 4 роки тому +1

      @@Gulyus Thank you. However, even after viewing that video, I still have questions. For example, how do we know that when using f(x) to calculate the inverse: "f inverse" or "f -1(x)" that f(x) should equal "xe^x" based on the equation given in the video - which is "x^x = 2"?
      In addition, the video did not explain anything about "indexes". So I would not have even known that they exist otherwise, without them being mentioned in THIS video.

  • @igxniisan6996
    @igxniisan6996 3 роки тому +2

    8:47, Yes we know that, “We know that “we know that “if x is less than 0 so take out the absolute value...that's all.”””

  • @zonex001
    @zonex001 5 років тому +5

    I want to see the w function

  • @koryukengamer5693
    @koryukengamer5693 4 роки тому +16

    0:57 minecraft villager "hm"

  • @math24682
    @math24682 2 роки тому

    From Bangladesh....I love your videos🤗🤗

  • @5000jaap
    @5000jaap 5 років тому +12

    Could you explain this index of W? Just for curiosity

    • @anas8183
      @anas8183 5 років тому

      It s a complex number

    • @5000jaap
      @5000jaap 5 років тому +1

      @@anas8183 but how it works

    • @anas8183
      @anas8183 5 років тому +1

      @@5000jaap i d ont know my current level in math is not very good i am just 16 yrs old

    • @cuentafake140
      @cuentafake140 5 років тому +1

      I think it is related to Euler's formula:
      e^(z) = cosx + isinx
      Where z is a complex number, if that's the case then there are infinite imaginary solutions.

  • @ucvietle2805
    @ucvietle2805 4 роки тому

    a^b=b^a (a>b>0) only a=4, b=2. I can provide

  • @SM321_
    @SM321_ 5 років тому +8

    What is the negative real value?

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +5

      -0.76666

    • @SM321_
      @SM321_ 5 років тому +3

      @@blackpenredpen wow that was the fastest answer I ever got on UA-cam😂 thank you

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому +1

      Lol. You are welcome

    • @aaronleperspicace1704
      @aaronleperspicace1704 5 років тому +1

      Or approximately -23/30. The actual value is irrational but -23/30 is rational.

  • @danerman73
    @danerman73 3 роки тому

    Fish is my favorite variable now. Great video.

  • @noahtaul
    @noahtaul 5 років тому +3

    I got a different answer: I got x=-2/ln(2)*W(-ln(2)/2)

  • @SweetNightBreeze
    @SweetNightBreeze Рік тому

    There is a correlation in case 1: If we plug in x=2, 2^-1×ln2 becomes 1/2×ln2, the right hand side. If we plug in x=4, 4^-1×ln4=1/4×ln(2^2)=1/4×2ln2=1/2×ln2 again. No Lambert W's are necessary in this case.

  • @Frcis
    @Frcis Рік тому +3

    0:20 i have subtitles on and i cant see .-.

    • @RB_Universe_TV
      @RB_Universe_TV 3 місяці тому +1

      There is litterelly a tower of subtitles 💀☠

    • @hafizusamabhutta
      @hafizusamabhutta 2 місяці тому

      Unexpected, that was. 😅

  • @Viewpoint314
    @Viewpoint314 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the video. I was just thinking about this problem for a few days and then this video popped up. That always seems to happen.

  • @seifeldidi41
    @seifeldidi41 4 роки тому +6

    Can I approximate the negative solution using maclaurin expansion of 2^x ?

  • @aaronleperspicace1704
    @aaronleperspicace1704 5 років тому +1

    The 3rd value is approximately equal to -23/30

  • @dingueriefinanciere
    @dingueriefinanciere 5 років тому +4

    This is just the problem x^y = y^x you already solved right

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  5 років тому

      Different style. I used a parametric approach in that video and lambert W function in this one.

  • @erickherrerapena8981
    @erickherrerapena8981 5 років тому +1

    Buen video, ya dos meses viendo todos tua videos. Buen canal.

  • @IshaaqNewton
    @IshaaqNewton 5 років тому +9

    My favourite part:
    We can't see them because they are imaginary....12:28
    😃

    • @roderickwhitehead
      @roderickwhitehead 5 років тому +2

      ...like my friends.

    • @IshaaqNewton
      @IshaaqNewton 5 років тому

      @@roderickwhitehead I can be a real friend of yours....:)

    • @roderickwhitehead
      @roderickwhitehead 5 років тому +1

      @@IshaaqNewton - A real friend? Sounds like 1+2+3+4... = -1/12 witchcraft to me.

    • @IshaaqNewton
      @IshaaqNewton 5 років тому +1

      @@roderickwhitehead And for me it's
      like
      1^3+2^3+3^3+......
      =(1+2+3+.........)^2
      =(-1/12)^2
      =1/144
      😂😂😂

    • @050138
      @050138 4 роки тому

      @@IshaaqNewton lol 😆

  • @behnamashjari3003
    @behnamashjari3003 3 роки тому +2

    Hi,
    I worked out y=x^x (x to the power of x) and found for x=0, y approaches 1. Also for x=1, y will be 1. For x=1/e=~0.3678, y will have its minimum which will be 0.6922. beyond x=1, y increases continuously until +infinity. Here's my problem and I need your help, perhaps a video:
    for x= -infinity, y=0. For all even negative integers, y>0. For all odd negative integers, y

    • @julianbruns7459
      @julianbruns7459 Рік тому

      You probably already got an answer but for negative x the real and the imaginary values oscilate around the x axis converging to 0 as x goes to -infinity. The imaginary part is 0 when x is an integer and negative for x in the interval (-(2n+1),-2n) and positive for x in the interval (-2n,-(2n+1)) for every natural number n. The real part will be zero at x = e^W(log(i b) + 2 i π k) i think (probably not all the zeros and there are some conditions for wich this isnt zero, for full solution check wolframalpha i guess) the function will never have real part and imaginary part both equal to 0 at the same time. For the question why you cant write (-2.3)^(-2.3) as (-2.3)^(-46/20) is because this is like writing sqrt(-1)=4th root of (-1)^2 = 4th root of 1. You create extra solutions wich aren't solutions to the previous equations (4th root of 1 has 4 solutions while sqrt(-1) only has 2)...

  • @yangli3144
    @yangli3144 4 роки тому +8

    Are the imaginary solutions really legit? The analysis break cases into x>0 and x

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 роки тому +4

      A more careful and rigorous way of handling the equation z^2 = 2^z is by noticing that if z is not an integer, then 2^z is inevitably multivalued. Namely, 2^z := exp[ln(2)·z + 2nπi·z] for any integer n. This implies z^2 = exp([ln(2) + 2nπi]·z). Now, a few cases must be considered. The first case is that |Arg(z)| < π/2, and the second case is that π/2 < |Arg(z)| < π. It is notable that if |Arg(z)| < π/2, then |Arg(z^2)| < π, and if π/2 < |Arg(z)| < π, then also |Arg(z^2)| < π.
      In the first case, z^2 = exp([ln(2) + 2nπi]·z) implies z = exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z), and z = exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z) implies -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z·exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z) = -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]. Therefore, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z = W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]), equivalent to z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi]). Notice that if n = m = 0, then this simplifies to z = 2.
      In the second case, z^2 = exp([ln(2) + 2nπi]·z) implies -z = exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z), equivalent to -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z·exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z) = ln(2)/2 + nπi. Therefore, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·z = W(m, ln(2)/2 + nπi), hence z = -W(m, ln(2)/2 + nπi)/[ln(2)/2 + nπi].
      With this, the remaining cases are Arg(z) = π, Arg(z) = π/2, and Arg(z) = -π/2.
      In the first of these three, z = -r, with r = |r|, so -r = exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·r), thus [ln(2)/2 + nπi]·r·exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·r) = -[ln(2)/2 + nπi], and [ln(2)/2 + nπi]·r = W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]). Therefore, z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi].
      If Arg(z) = -π/2, then z = -ri, with r = |r|. Hence -ri = exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri), and [ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri·exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri) = -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]. Therefore, [ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri = W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]), and z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi].
      Finally, if Arg(z) = π/2, then z = ri, with r = |r|, so ri = exp([ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri), and -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri·exp(-[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri) = -[ln(2)/2 + nπi], hence -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]·ri = W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi]), so z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi].
      In summary, if Arg(z) = π, |Arg(z)| = π/2 or |Arg(z)| < π/2, then z^2 = 2^z implies z = -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi], and if π/2 < |Arg(z)| < π, then z^2 = 2^z implies z = -W(m, +[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi], in both cases for arbitrary integers n and m.
      This gives the complete family of complex solutions with no extraneous solutions.
      The solution families can be compactified. Notice that exp[W(t)] = t/W(t), so exp[-W(t)] = W(t)/t. Therefore, -W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi] = +exp[-W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])], and -W(m, +[ln(2)/2 + nπi])/[ln(2)/2 + nπi] = -exp[-W(m, +[ln(2)/2 + nπi])]. As such, if Arg(z) = π, |Arg(z)| = π/2 or |Arg(z)| < π/2, then z^2 = 2^z implies z = +exp[-W(m, -[ln(2)/2 + nπi])], and if π/2 < |Arg(z)| < π, then z^2 = 2^z implies z = -exp[-W(m, +[ln(2)/2 + nπi])]. Again, this solution is complete and with no extraneous solutions.