TRIGONOMETRY FORMULAS
1) Pythagorean Identities
cos2 x + sin2 x = 1 1 + tan2 x = sec2 x 1 + cot2 x = csc2 x
2) Even-Odd Identities
sin(−x) = sin x cos(−x) = cos x tan(−x) = tan x
3) Sum-Difference Formulas
sin(x ± y) = sin x cos y ± cos x sin y
cos(x ±y) = cos x cos y ∓sin x sin y
tan (x )±tan( y )
tan( x± y )=
1∓tan (x )tan( y )
4) Double Angle Formulas
sin 2x = 2 sin xcos x
cos 2x = cos2 x − sin2 x
= 2 cos2 x − 1
= 1 − 2sin2 x
2 tan (x )
tan(2 x )=
1−tan 2 ( x )
2 tan( x )
sin(2 x )=
1+tan2 ( x )
1−tan 2 ( x )
cos(2 x )=
1+tan 2 ( x )
5) Power-Reducing/Half Angle Formulas
1−cos(2 x )
sin2 ( x )=
2
1+cos(2 x )
cos 2 ( x )=
2
1−cos(2 x )
tan 2 ( x )=
1+cos(2 x )
6) Product-to-Sum Formulas
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sin( x )sin ( y )= 2 [ cos ( x− y )−cos ( x + y )]
cos ( x )cos( y )= 12 [cos ( x − y )+ cos( x + y )]
sin( x )cos ( y )= 12 [ sin ( x+ y )+ sin( x− y )]
cos ( x )sin( y )= 12 [ sin ( x+ y )−sin( x− y )]
7) Sum-to-Product Formulas
sin( x )+ sin( y )=2sin ( ) ( )
x+ y
2
cos
x− y
2
sin( x )−sin( y )=2 sin ( ) ( )
x− y
2
cos
x+ y
2
cos ( x )+cos ( y )=2 cos (
2 ) ( 2 )
x+ y x− y
cos
cos ( x )−cos( y )=−2 sin (
2 ) ( 2 )
x+ y x− y
sin
8) Solving Oblique Triangles
Oblique triangles are triangles that do not contain a right angle; they have either 3 acute angles
or 1 obtuse and 2 acute angles. Solving a triangle means to find the length of all sides and the
measure of all angles. To do this we need to have one of the following four sets of information:
Case 1: ASA or SAA (one side & 2 angles are known) Case 2: SSA (2 sides and opposite angle are
known.
Case 3: SAS: (2 sides & the included angle are known) Case 4: SSS (the three sides are
known)
In cases 1 and 2 for a triangle with sides a, b, c and opposite angles , , , respectively, use Law
of Sines. In cases 3 and 4, use law of cosines.
Law of sines:
Law of Cosines:
In the complex plane, the x-axis becomes the real axis (z = x + oi = x) and the y-axis becomes the
imaginary axis (z = 0 + yi = yi).
The magnitude or modulus of z is the distance from the origin to the point (x, y); .
If z = x + yi is multiplied by its conjugate = x – yi, the product is x2 + y2 and
An equation z = x + yi in rectangular form can be converted to polar coordinates
z = r cos + i r sin = r(cos + i sin), r > 0 and 0 < < 2.
In polar form, the angle is called the argument of z and r is the magnitude of z.
Product of complex numbers: .
Quotient of complex numbers: .
De Moivre’s Theorem: If z = r(cos + i sin) is a complex number, then
zn = rn(cos(n)+ sin(n), where n > 1 is a positive integer.
Complex Roots: Let w = r(cos +i sin) be a complex number and let n > 2 be an integer. If w 0,
there are n distinct complex roots of w given by , where k = 0, 1, 2,
… n-1.
Cauchy’s Integral Formula:
If f(Z) is analytic inside and on a simple closed curve ‘C’ and ‘a’ is any point inside ‘C’
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the f(a)¿
2 πi
Cauchy’s Residue Theorem:
If f(Z) is analytic within and on a simple closed curve ‘C’ except at a finite number of
poles inside ‘C’ then
∫ f ( z)dZ
C = 2 π i x [sum of the residues at the poles inside ‘C’]