Multiples of %pi



Jose brings up a good point below.

Why aren't we simplifying e.g. sin(234*%pi/11) => -sin(3*%pi/11) ?

            -s

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From: Jose <jose.bray at free.fr>
Date: 2010/1/17
Subject: [Maxima-lang-fr] simplification trigonometrique
To: maxima-lang-fr at lists.sourceforge.net


Bonjour, la commande :

bfloat(cos(400.0*%pi/9.0)-cos(4.0*%pi/9.0))

(notez que 400 pi / 9 est ?gal ? 4 pi / 9 modulo 2 pi)

ne me renvoie pas 0 ; pas plus qu'une ?valuation symbolique de cos (400
pi / 9) - cos (4 pi /9 ) , ou du moins dans ce cas, je n'ai pas trouv?
la commande le permettant...

Y a-t-il une explication ? ?a ?

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