Saturday, March 12, 2016

Verify the identity sin^2b+sin(a+b)*sin(a-b)=sin^2a.

We'll re-write the product sin(a+b)*sin(a-b), using the
formulas for the sum and difference of the angles a and
b.


sin(a+b) = sina*cosb +
sinb*cosa


sin(a-b) = sina*cosb -
sinb*cosa


sin(a+b)*sin(a-b)=(sina*cosb +
sinb*cosa)(sina*cosb - sinb*cosa)


We notice that the
product is the difference of squares:


(sina*cosb +
sinb*cosa)(sina*cosb - sinb*cosa) = (sina*cosb)^2 -
(sinb*cosa)^2


We'll re-write the identity, substituting the
product:


(sinb)^2 + (sina*cosb)^2 - (sinb*cosa)^2 =
(sina)^2


We'll subtract (sina*cosb)^2 both
sides:


(sinb)^2- (sinb*cosa)^2 = (sina)^2 -
(sina*cosb)^2


We'll factorize by sin b to the left side and
we'll factorize by sin a, to the right side:


sin b(1 -
(cosa)^2) = sin a(1 - (cosb)^2)


sin b(sin a)^2 = sin a(sin
b)^2


We'll divide by sin b and sin a both
sides:


sina=sinb

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