Re: Simplifying trigonometric functions
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- Subject: [mg94675] Re: [mg94662] Simplifying trigonometric functions
- From: "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:19:35 -0500 (EST)
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Here are two methods. The first is to Map TrigReduce directly to the y
factors.
Cos[x] Cos[y]^2 + Sin[y]^2;
MapAt[TrigReduce, %, {{1, 2}, {2}}]
The second method is to use a rule that operates only on the y factors.
Cos[x] Cos[y]^2 + Sin[y]^2;
% /. (f : (Sin | Cos))[y]^2 :> TrigReduce[f[y]^2]
David Park
djmpark at comcast.net
http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/
From: Tang [mailto:tangwt at msn.com]
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!