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Trigonometric Identities
All the basic and non-basic identities to use in calc
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Mathematics
Undergraduate 2
02/16/2018

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Term

Basic formula: 

 

sin2(x) + cos2(x) = 1

 

Definition

Formulas that stem from it: 

 

1. sin2(x) = 1 - cos2(x) 

2. cos2(x) = 1 - sin2(x)

Term

Basic formula: 

 

sin(2x) = 2sin(x)cos(x)

Definition

Formulas that stem from it: 

 

1. sin(2x) / 2 = sinx + cosx

Term

Basic formula: 

 

cos(2x) = cos2(x) - sin2(x)

 

Definition

Formulas that stem from it: 

 

1. cos(2x) = 2cos2(x) - 1 or 1 = 2cos2(x) - cos(2x)

 

(this technically comes from the formula directly above)

2. cos2(x) = (cos(2x) +1) / 2 

 

3. cos(2x) = 1 - 2sin2(x)

 

Term

Basic formula: 

 

1 = sec2(x) – tan2(x)

 

Definition

Formulas that stem from it: 

 

1. sec2(x) = 1 + tan2(x)

1. tan2(x)sec2(x) - 1

Term

Basic formula: 

 

cos(A + B) 

and

cos(A - B)

Definition

Formulas that stem from it: 

 

1. cos(A + B) = cosAcosB - sinAsinB

 

2. cos(A - B) = cosAsinB + cosBsinA

Term

Basic formula: 

 

sin(A + B) 

and

sin(A - B)

Definition

Formulas that stem from it: 

 

1. sin(A + B) = sinAcosB + sinBcosA

 

2. sin(A - B) = sinAsinB - cosAcosB

Term

 

 

 

 

Basic formulas for trigonometric functions and their steps

"(θ + 2π) & (θ + π)"

Definition

Formulas: 

 

1. sin(θ + 2π) = sinθ

2. cos(θ + 2π) = cosθ

3. tan(θ + π) = tanθ

Term

 

 

 

 

 

Definition
Term

Basic formula: 

 

tanθ = sinθ / cosθ

Definition

Formulas that stem from it: 

 

1. cotθ = cosθ/sinθ

(because cotangent is the inverse of tangent)

Term

 

 

 

 

More trigonometric functions and their steps

Definition

Formulas: 

 

1. sin(π - θ) = sinθ

2. cos(π - θ) = -cosθ

3. tan(π - θ) = -tanθ

Term

 

 

Some trigonometric formulas with a "3" inside the trig. function

Definition

Formulas: 

 

1. sin(3θ) = 3sinθ - 4sin3θ

2. cos(3θ)4cos3θ - 3cosθ

3. tan(3θ)3tanθ - tan3θ / (1 - 3tan2θ)

Term

 

 

 

 

Finding all the trigonometric functions with only tangent !!

Definition

Formulas: 

 

1. sinθ = 2tan(θ/2) / (1 + tan2(θ/2))

2. cosθ1 - tan2(θ/2) / (1 + tan2(θ/2))

3. tanθ = 2tan(θ/2) / (1 - tan2(θ/2))

Term

 

 

 

 

Odd and even trigonometric functions

Definition

Functions: 

 

1. sin(-x) = -sin(x)

2. cos(-x) = cos(x)

3. tan(-x) = -tan(x)

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