Actually, this doesn't work in any but the nearly trivial case. If Sage has gotten to the point (in something like human notation) that f(t) = sqrt(64(sin^2(t)+cos^2(t))cos^2(8t) + (sin^2(t)+cos^2(t)+64)sin^2(8t) + 16cos^2(t) + 8(sin^2(t)+cos^2(t))sin(8t) + 64sin^2(8t)), then f.simplify makes no change, f.simplify_full expands everything down to sin(t) and cos(t) without ever noticing the sin^2+cos^2, f.simplify_real makes no change, f.simplify_trig does the same thing as f.simplify_full. In fact, the expression can be written as sqrt( (sin(8t)+4)^2+64).
Looks like trig_simplify() does the job:
f(t) = cos(t+1)^2 + sin(t+1)^2 f.trig_simplify()
t |--> 1
Where would I find this in the sage documentation if I did not know the name of the method (trig_simplify()) ?
You're looking to use a trig identity to simplify your expression. Searching "trig identity" on the sagemath website gives [this page](http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/calculus/sage/symbolic/expression.html) as the first result and searching "trig simplify" gets you results, too. Likewise, googling "sagemath trig" gives 1 (!) result, the page linked above. A problem with simplifying is that there can be multiple simplified form [cos(2x), cos^2(x)-sin^2(x), 2cos^2(x)-1, 1-2sin^2(x)]. Which form result should be given as simplified?
Asked: 2014-08-16 18:17:01 +0100
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