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  2. List of trigonometric identities - Wikipedia

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    Ptolemy's theorem states that the sum of the products of the lengths of opposite sides is equal to the product of the lengths of the diagonals. When those side-lengths are expressed in terms of the sin and cos values shown in the figure above, this yields the angle sum trigonometric identity for sine: sin(α + β) = sin α cos β + cos α sin β.

  3. Proofs of trigonometric identities - Wikipedia

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    The area of triangle OCD is CD/2, or tan(θ)/2. Since triangle OAD lies completely inside the sector, which in turn lies completely inside triangle OCD , we have sin ⁡ θ < θ < tan ⁡ θ . {\displaystyle \sin \theta <\theta <\tan \theta .}

  4. Pythagorean trigonometric identity - Wikipedia

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    By the periodicity identities we can say if the formula is true for −π < θ ≤ π then it is true for all real θ. Next we prove the identity in the range ⁠ π / 2 ⁠ < θ ≤ π. To do this we let t = θ − ⁠ π / 2 ⁠, t will now be in the range 0 < t ≤ π/2. We can then make use of squared versions of some basic shift identities ...

  5. Small-angle approximation - Wikipedia

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    The red section on the right, d, is the difference between the lengths of the hypotenuse, H, and the adjacent side, A.As is shown, H and A are almost the same length, meaning cos θ is close to 1 and ⁠ θ 2 / 2 ⁠ helps trim the red away.

  6. Trigonometric functions - Wikipedia

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    This identity and analogous relationships between the other trigonometric functions are summarized in the following table. Top: Trigonometric function sin θ for selected angles θ, π − θ, π + θ, and 2 π − θ in the four quadrants. Bottom: Graph of sine versus angle. Angles from the top panel are identified.

  7. Sine and cosine - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, sine and cosine are trigonometric functions of an angle.The sine and cosine of an acute angle are defined in the context of a right triangle: for the specified angle, its sine is the ratio of the length of the side that is opposite that angle to the length of the longest side of the triangle (the hypotenuse), and the cosine is the ratio of the length of the adjacent leg to that ...

  8. Chebyshev polynomials - Wikipedia

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    The real part of the other side is a polynomial in cos x and sin x, in which all powers of sin x are even and thus replaceable through the identity cos 2 x + sin 2 x = 1. By the same reasoning, sin nx is the imaginary part of the polynomial, in which all powers of sin x are odd and thus, if one factor of sin x is factored out, the remaining ...

  9. Trigonometric functions of matrices - Wikipedia

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    The analog of the Pythagorean trigonometric identity holds: [2] sin 2 ⁡ X + cos 2 ⁡ X = I {\displaystyle \sin ^{2}X+\cos ^{2}X=I} If X is a diagonal matrix , sin X and cos X are also diagonal matrices with (sin X ) nn = sin( X nn ) and (cos X ) nn = cos( X nn ) , that is, they can be calculated by simply taking the sines or cosines of the ...