Hello list,
Consider the function
(%i19) f(x) := (sin(x))^6;
6
(%o19) f(x) := sin (x)
I take the sixth derivative of it and simplify it a bit, so that I have
(%i20) rat(trigreduce(diff(f(x), x, 6)));
(%o20)/R/ 1458 cos(6 x) - 768 cos(4 x) + 30 cos(2 x)
This is already nice. But to discover structure in the jth order derivatives,
it would be interesting to see the coefficients in this expression factored.
So
6
1458 should become 2 3 and so on.
Is this possible with Maxima?
Thanks,
Bart
PS: if by the way anybody knows a nice and general expression for the jth
order derivative of (sin(x))^n then I would be highly interested!