Re: Trig Substitution
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- Subject: [mg93454] Re: [mg93434] Trig Substitution
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 05:24:40 -0500 (EST)
- References: <200811080857.DAA14180@smc.vnet.net>
On 8 Nov 2008, at 17:57, Bruce Colletti wrote:
> Re Mathematica 6.0.3 under WinXP.
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> Given a sum of (positive integer) powers of sin(t), I wish to cast
> (as much
> as possible) the sum in terms of cos t, chiefly by substituting 1 -
> (cos
> t)^2 for (sin t)^2 throughout. The code below does this.
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> X=Sin[t]+Sin[t]^2+Sin[t]^3;
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> Y=Apply[List,X]/.{Sin[t]^n_?EvenQ:>Expand[(1-Cos[t]^2)^(n/
> 2)],Sin[t]^n_:>Exp
> and[(1-Cos[t]^2)^Quotient[n,2] Sin[t]]};
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> Apply[Plus,Y]
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> What is an easier way? Thankx.
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> Bruce
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Obviously this depends on the definition of "easier". If by "easier"
you mean a method that is shorter then yes:
gs = GroebnerBasis[{x - (Sin[t] + Sin[t]^2 + Sin[t]^3),
Sin[t]^2 + Cos[t]^2 - 1}, {x, Sin[t], Cos[t]}]
{Cos[t]^2 + Sin[t]^2 - 1, Sin[t]*Cos[t]^2 + Cos[t]^2 + x - 2*Sin[t] - 1}
Solve[Last[gs] == 0, x]
{{x -> (-Sin[t])*Cos[t]^2 - Cos[t]^2 + 2*Sin[t] + 1}}
If however, by "easier" means that it also should be easy to see why
it works, then this method probably does not quality.
Andrzej Kozlowski
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- Trig Substitution
- From: "Bruce Colletti" <bwcolletti@verizon.net>
- Trig Substitution