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An interesting Trigonometry problem

Unread post by MATHPRITOM » Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:49 pm

Prove that, $ sin 1^\circ=cos \frac{1}{2}^\circ .cos \frac{1}{4}^\circ .cos \frac{1}{8}^\circ .cos \frac{1}{16}^\circ ...$

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Re: An interesting Trigonometry problem

Unread post by nafistiham » Fri Dec 30, 2011 7:28 pm

hint:
$cos x \cdot cos y = \frac {cos(x+y)+cos(x-y)}{2}$
\[\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}e^{\frac{2 \pi i k}{n}}=0\]
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Re: An interesting Trigonometry problem

Unread post by Nadim Ul Abrar » Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:40 pm

the statement id true iff
$16sin{1}=16 \frac{cos\frac{1}{2}cos\frac{1}{4}cos \frac{1}{8}cos \frac{1}{16}sin \frac{1}{16}}{sin \frac{1}{16}}$=$\frac {sin {1}}{sin \frac{1}{16}}$

or $sin \frac{1}{16}=\frac{1}{16}$ :]
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Re: An interesting Trigonometry problem

Unread post by nafistiham » Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:35 pm

a little clarification.....
isnt it a infinite sequence ?
\[\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}e^{\frac{2 \pi i k}{n}}=0\]
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Re: An interesting Trigonometry problem

Unread post by Nadim Ul Abrar » Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:39 pm

ore kheyali ti kori nai :oops:
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Re: An interesting Trigonometry problem

Unread post by Nadim Ul Abrar » Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:05 pm

$sin1=cos\frac{1}{2}.2.sin\frac{1}{2}=cos\frac{1}{2}.cos\frac{1}{4}.sin\frac{1}{4}=....=\frac{cos\frac{1}{2}.cos\frac{1}{4}.cos\frac{1}{8}.cos\frac{1}{16}....sin\frac{1}{2^n}}{\frac{1}{2^n}}$

when $n \to \infty$ then $\frac{1}{2^n} \to 0$

we know when$ \alpha\to 0$ then$ sin\alpha=\alpha $

so $\frac{sin\frac{1}{2^n}}{\frac{1}{2^n}}=1 $hance we done .
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Re: An interesting Trigonometry problem

Unread post by nafistiham » Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:27 pm

Nadim Ul Abrar wrote:$sin1=cos\frac{1}{2}.2.sin\frac{1}{2}=cos\frac{1}{2}.cos\frac{1}{4}.sin\frac{1}{4}=....=\frac{cos\frac{1}{2}.cos\frac{1}{4}.cos\frac{1}{8}.cos\frac{1}{16}....sin\frac{1}{2^n}}{\frac{1}{2^n}}$

when $n \to \infty$ then $\frac{1}{2^n} \to 0$

we know when$ \alpha\to 0$ then$ sin\alpha=\alpha $

so $\frac{sin\frac{1}{2^n}}{\frac{1}{2^n}}=1 $hance we done .
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Re: An interesting Trigonometry problem

Unread post by amlansaha » Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:41 pm

Nadim Ul Abrar wrote:
we know when$ \alpha\to 0$ then$ sin\alpha=\alpha $

so $\frac{sin\frac{1}{2^n}}{\frac{1}{2^n}}=1 $hance we done .
এইটা হবে তখনই যখন $\alpha$ কে রেডিয়ানে দেয়া হবে। এখানে ডিগ্রীতে দেয়া আছে।
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Re: An interesting Trigonometry problem

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amlansaha wrote:
Nadim Ul Abrar wrote:
we know when$ \alpha\to 0$ then$ sin\alpha=\alpha $

so $\frac{sin\frac{1}{2^n}}{\frac{1}{2^n}}=1 $hance we done .
এইটা হবে তখনই যখন $\alpha$ কে রেডিয়ানে দেয়া হবে। এখানে ডিগ্রীতে দেয়া আছে।
ডিগ্রী (somanupatic) রেডিয়ান

tahole ডিগ্রী te tends to 0 hole রেডিয়ান eo tends to 0 hobe .

:O ...
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Re: An interesting Trigonometry problem

Unread post by amlansaha » Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:02 pm

Nadim Ul Abrar wrote:
ডিগ্রী (somanupatic) রেডিয়ান

tahole ডিগ্রী te tends to 0 hole রেডিয়ান eo tends to 0 hobe .

:O ...
$\alpha \to 0$(রেডিয়ানে) হলে $sin\alpha \approx \alpha$ হবে (use calculator)। আমি এটাই বলতে চেয়েছি :)
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