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On the Geometrical Investigation of the Circular Functions of 3θ and 5θ
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2014
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1. Let the <PAB be θ, where P is a point on the arc of a semicircle described on AB of which O is the middle point. Then making
<OPC = <OPA, the <PCB = 3θ.
Since the triangles APC, OPC are similar, we have
We shall express each of the ratios sin 3θ/sin θ, cos 3θ/cos θ, etc., as a function of AC/OC.
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