https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/253486/name-of-de-moivres-equation https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/253486/name-of-de-m... As far as I can rem

https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/253486/name-of-de-moivres-equation https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/253486/name-of-de-m... As far as I can remember, Wainer doesn't really assert that the equation is known as "de Moivre's equation", that's just what he calls it in the context of his article.