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Appendix B List of Trigonometric Identities

  1. [sin(α)]2+[cos(α)]2=1
  2. cos(α+β)=cos(α)cos(β)sin(α)sin(β)
  3. sin(α+β)=sin(α)cos(β)+cos(α)sin(β)
  4. cos(2α)=[cos(α)]2[sin(α)]2=2[cos(α)]21=12[sin(α)]2
  5. sin(2α)=2sin(α)cos(α)
  6. [cos(α)]2=1+cos(2α)2
  7. [sin(α)]2=1cos(2α)2
  8. sin(α)cos(β)=sin(α+β)+sin(αβ)2
  9. sin(α)sin(β)=cos(αβ)cos(α+β)2
  10. cos(α)sin(β)=sin(α+β)sin(αβ)2
  11. cos(α)cos(β)=cos(αβ)+cos(α+β)2
  12. sin(α)+sin(β)=2sin(α+β2)cos(αβ2)
  13. sin(α)sin(β)=2cos(α+β2)sin(αβ2)
  14. cos(α)+cos(β)=2cos(α+β2)cos(αβ2)
  15. cos(α)cos(β)=2sin(α+β2)sin(αβ2)