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Odd Angles Formula Trivia
12-20-2018, 05:38 PM (This post was last modified: 08-13-2019 03:36 PM by Albert Chan.)
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Odd Angles Formula Trivia
Reading Multiple Angle Formulas, noticed some pattern for odd angles

Let s = sin(x), c = cos(x):

sin(-x) = -s
cos(-x) = c
sin(x) = s
cos(x) = c

sin(3 x) = -(4 s³ - 3 s)
cos(3 x) = 4 c³ - 3c
sin(5 x) = 16 s5 - 20 s³ + 5 s
cos(5 x) = 16 c5 - 20 c³ + 5 c

Challenge: prove above pattern continues: if sin(4nx ± x) = f(s,c), then cos(4nx ± x) = ± f(c,s)
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