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Trigonometric Identities: Pythagoras's Theorem

This document outlines various trigonometric identities. It presents Pythagoras's theorem that sin^2θ + cos^2θ = 1 and defines compound angle formulae for sin(A+B), cos(A+B), tan(A+B), and others. It shows how identities like tan(A-B) can be derived from these base formulae. Sum and product formulae are also presented, like cosA + cosB = 2cos((A+B)/2)cos((A-B)/2), along with notes on their derivations.

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Trigonometric Identities: Pythagoras's Theorem

This document outlines various trigonometric identities. It presents Pythagoras's theorem that sin^2θ + cos^2θ = 1 and defines compound angle formulae for sin(A+B), cos(A+B), tan(A+B), and others. It shows how identities like tan(A-B) can be derived from these base formulae. Sum and product formulae are also presented, like cosA + cosB = 2cos((A+B)/2)cos((A-B)/2), along with notes on their derivations.

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Trigonometric Identities

Pythagorass theorem
sin2 + cos2 = 1

(1)

1 + cot2 = cosec2

(2)

tan + 1 = sec

(3)

Note that (2) = (1)/ sin2 and (3) = (1)/ cos2 .

Compound-angle formulae
cos(A + B) = cos A cos B sin A sin B

(4)

cos(A B) = cos A cos B + sin A sin B

(5)

sin(A + B) = sin A cos B + cos A sin B

(6)

sin(A B) = sin A cos B cos A sin B

(7)

tan A + tan B
1 tan A tan B
tan A tan B
tan(A B) =
1 + tan A tan B
tan(A + B) =

(8)
(9)

cos 2 = cos2 sin2 = 2 cos2 1 = 1 2 sin2

(10)

sin 2 = 2 sin cos

(11)

2 tan
1 tan2

(12)

tan 2 =

Note that you can get (5) from (4) by replacing B with B, and using the fact
that cos(B) = cos B (cos is even) and sin(B) = sin B (sin is odd). Similarly (7)
comes from (6). (8) is obtained by dividing (6) by (4) and dividing top and bottom by
cos A cos B, while (9) is obtained by dividing (7) by (5) and dividing top and bottom by
cos A cos B. (10), (11), and (12) are special cases of (4), (6), and (8) obtained by putting
A = B = .

Sum and product formulae


cos A + cos B = 2 cos

A+B
AB
cos
2
2

A+B
AB
sin
2
2
A+B
AB
sin A + sin B = 2 sin
cos
2
2

cos A cos B = 2 sin

(13)
(14)
(15)

A+B
AB
sin
(16)
2
2
Note that (13) and (14) come from (4) and (5) (to get (13), use (4) to expand cos A =
A+B
cos( A+B
+ AB
AB
2
2 ) and (5) to expand cos B = cos( 2
2 ), and add the results).
Similarly (15) and (16) come from (6) and (7).
Thus you only need to remember (1), (4), and (6): the other identities can be
derived from these.
sin A sin B = 2 cos

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