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Re: TrigExpand - Odd behavior

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• Subject: [mg55438] Re: TrigExpand - Odd behavior
• From: "Matthias Bode" <lvsaba at hotmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 05:34:48 -0500 (EST)
• References: <200503220851.DAA23768@smc.vnet.net>
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Hello Bob,

please compare:

Chop[TrigExpand[Cos[x + N[45*Degree]]]]

with

N[TrigExpand[Cos[x + Pi/4]]]

"45 Degree" by itself simply does not yield the value in radians which 
Cos[ ] requires; N[Degree] does.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Stagat" <stagat at linkline.com>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg55438]  TrigExpand - Odd behavior


>
> Try executing the following three lines and explain the last result...
>
> Cos[45 Degree]
>
> Cos[x+45 Degree]
>
> Cos[x+45 Degree]//TrigExpand
>
> Thanks...
> ~ BS ~
>
> 

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  • TrigExpand - Odd behavior
    • From: "Bob Stagat" <stagat@linkline.com>