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LAGRANGE'S TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES

In trigonometry, Lagrange's trigonometric identities, named after Joseph Louis Lagrange, are:[1][2]

Derivation

Lagrange's trigonometric identities may be derived by starting with the complex sum

Setting z=e and equating the imaginary parts of both sides gives the first identity; equating the real parts of both sides gives the second.

References

[1]Eddie Ortiz Muñiz. “A Method for Deriving Various Formulas in Electrostatics and Electromagnetism Using Lagrange's Trigonometric Identities”. American Journal of Physics 21 (2): 140 (February 1953).
[2]Alan Jeffrey and Hui-hui Dai. Handbook of Mathematical Formulas and Integrals (4th ed.), Section 2.4.1.6. Academic Press (2008). ISBN 9780123742889.

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