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Simplifying trigonometric functions

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  • Subject: [mg94662] Simplifying trigonometric functions
  • From: Tang <tangwt at msn.com>
  • Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:24:27 -0500 (EST)

Hi,
I'm new to Mathematica.
How can I define a rule to reduce the following expression 
from
Cos[x] Cos[y]^2 + Sin[y]^2

to operate only on expressions involving y to

Cos[x](1+Cos[2y])/2 + (1-Cos[2y])/2

Thanks for the help!


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