[newbie] trying to simplify goniometric expression
Subject: [newbie] trying to simplify goniometric expression
From: Hugo Coolens
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:40:04 +0100
I defined the following function:
phicalp(m,omega):=-sum(atan(omega/(4*(cos((k*%PI)/(2*m+1)))^2)),k,1,m);
I expected that the following "test-expression" should give me "-omega" as
a result:
ratsimp(tan(phicalp(1,omega))),trigexpand=super;
however maxima doesn't seem to simplify the denominator to one:
omega
(%o2) - -----------
2 %PI
4 cos (---)
3
Which is the correct approach for this kind of simplification?
thanks in advance
hugo
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