List of Trigonometric Identities - Angle Sum and Difference Identities

Angle Sum and Difference Identities

See also: #Product-to-sum and sum-to-product identities

These are also known as the addition and subtraction theorems or formulæ. They were originally established by the 10th century Persian mathematician Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī. One method of proving these identities is to apply Euler's formula. The use of the symbols and is described in the article plus-minus sign.

Sine
Cosine
Tangent
Arcsine
Arccosine
Arctangent

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