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Dear harshit agarwal,
Given (cosx+sin(ax)) is a periodic function
This implies that 'a' should be rational.
'a' is root of x2+px+q=0, where p, q are integers.
As 'a' is rational number, let us consider a = m/n, where m,n are coprimes.
(m/n)2 + p(m/n) + q = 0.
m2 + pmn + qn2 = 0
m2 = -n(pm+qn)
hence m should be divisible by n, but m,n are coprimes, hence n=1, hence the equation will be
m2 +pm + q = 0, m is an integer.
q = -m(m+p)
It is clear that q is divisible by m.
If m is even then q is even and p can be even or odd.
If m is odd and p is odd then q is even
If m is odd and p is even then q is odd.
These are possible cases which doesn't include the case in which both q, p are odd.
if q is odd, then m should be odd and m+p should be odd
i.e., if q is odd, then m should be odd and p should be even.
Hence, pq cannot be odd integer.
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