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Sine and cosine/Real/Properties/Fact

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The functions

,xcosx,

and

,xsinx,

have the following properties for x,y.

  1. We have cos0=1 and sin0=0.
  2. We have cos(x)=cosx and sin(x)=sinx.
  3. The addition theorems
    cos(x+y)=cosxcosysinxsiny

    and

    sin(x+y)=sinxcosy+cosxsiny

    hold.

  4. We have
    (cosx)2+(sinx)2=1.