Angle Sum and Difference for Sine and Cosine

Trigonograph: Angle Sum and Difference for Sine and Cosine

For \(\alpha\), \(\beta\), \(\alpha\pm\beta\) between \(0^\circ\) and \(90^\circ\):

$$\begin{align}
\sin(\alpha \pm \beta ) &= \sin\alpha \cos\beta \pm \cos\alpha \sin\beta \\[4pt]
\cos(\alpha \pm \beta ) &= \cos\alpha \cos\beta \mp \sin\alpha \sin\beta\end{align}$$


Adapting the trigonographs for angles outside the given range
makes for a nice exercise.


Fun Fact: Wikipedia’s “List of Trigonometric Identities” entry
features the trigonograph on the left. (I’m famous-ish!)

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