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Friday, July 31, 2015

21th USA Mathematical Olympiad 1992 Problem

In the (previous blog post), we were asked to prove a 21th USA Mathematical Olympiad 1992 Problem:



Let $k=1^{\circ}$, show that [MATH]\sum_{n=0}^{88}\dfrac{1}{\cos (nk) \cos(n+1)k}=\dfrac{\cos k}{\sin^2 k}[/MATH]

But we have already worked out an trigonometric identity where:

$\dfrac{\sin 1^{\circ}}{\sin x^{\circ} \sin (x^{\circ}+1^{\circ})}=\cot x^{\circ}-\cot (x^{\circ}+1^{\circ})$