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ASU 451 All Soviet Union MO 1987 cos a, cos 2a, cos 4a, ... , cos((2^n)a)<0
ASU 451 All Soviet Union MO 1987 cos a, cos 2a, cos 4a, ... , cos((2^n)a)<0
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August 7, 2019
trigonometry
algebra
Problem Statement
Prove such
a
a
a
, that all the numbers
cos
a
,
cos
2
a
,
cos
4
a
,
.
.
.
,
cos
(
2
n
a
)
\cos a, \cos 2a, \cos 4a, ... , \cos (2^na)
cos
a
,
cos
2
a
,
cos
4
a
,
...
,
cos
(
2
n
a
)
are negative.
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