Solving Trigonometric Function (part II)

There is another technique to solve trigonometric function. Just as every trigonometric function can be written in term of \( \tan \) it can also be written in terms of \( \exp \).

$$ sin(x) = - \frac{i}{2} \left(e^{i x} - e^{- i x}\right) $$ $$ cos(x) = \frac{e^{i x}}{2} + \frac{1}{2} e^{- i x} $$ $$ tan(x) = \frac{i \left(- e^{i x} + e^{- i x}\right)}{e^{i x} + e^{- i x}} $$ $$ cot(x) = \frac{i \left(e^{i x} + e^{- i x}\right)}{e^{i x} - e^{- i x}} $$

So, solving a trigonometric equation is equivalent to solving a rational function in \( \exp \). Note: here the \( \exp \) is in complex domain and equation \( exp(x) = y \) has solution \( \left\{i \left(2 \pi n + \arg{\left (y \right )}\right) + \log{\left (\left\lvert{y}\right\rvert \right )}\; |\; n \in \mathbb{Z}\right\} \) when solved for \( x \).

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