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SciMax Toolbox >> trigsimp

trigsimp

Maxima Function

Calling Sequence

trigsimp (expr)

Description

Employs the identities sin(x)^2 + cos(x)^2 = 1 and cosh(x)^2 - sinh(x)^2 = 1 to simplify expressions containing tan, sec, etc., to sin, cos, sinh, cosh.

trigreduce, ratsimp, and radcan may be able to further simplify the result.

demo ("trgsmp.dem") displays some examples of trigsimp.

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