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Trigonometric identities and quadratic residues

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2021-12-22 v9 Combinatorics Number Theory

Abstract

In this paper we obtain some novel identities involving trigonometric functions. Let nn be any positive odd integer. We show that r=0n111+sin2πx+rn+cos2πx+rn=(1)(n1)/2n1+(1)(n1)/2sin2πx+cos2πx\sum_{r=0}^{n-1}\frac1{1+\sin2\pi\frac{x+r}n+\cos2\pi\frac{x+r}n} =\frac{(-1)^{(n-1)/2}n}{1+(-1)^{(n-1)/2}\sin 2\pi x+\cos 2\pi x} for any complex number with x+1/2,x+(1)(n1)/2/4∉Zx+1/2,x+(-1)^{(n-1)/2}/4\not\in\mathbb Z, and j,k=0n11sin2πx+jn+sin2πy+kn=(1)(n1)/2n2sin2πx+sin2πy\sum_{j,k=0}^{n-1}\frac1{\sin 2\pi\frac{x+j}n+\sin2\pi \frac{y+k}n}=\frac{(-1)^{(n-1)/2}n^2}{\sin 2\pi x+\sin2\pi y} for all complex numbers xx and yy with x+y,xy1/2∉Zx+y,x-y-1/2\not\in\mathbb Z. We also determine the values of k=1(p1)/2(1+tanπk2p)\prod_{k=1}^{(p-1)/2}(1+\tan\pi\frac{k^2}p) and k=1(p1)/2(1+cotπk2p)\prod_{k=1}^{(p-1)/2}(1+\cot\pi\frac{k^2}p) for any odd prime pp. In addition, we pose several conjectures on the values of Gp(x)=k=1(p1)/2(xe2πik2/p)G_p(x)=\prod_{k=1}^{(p-1)/2}(x-e^{2\pi ik^2/p}) with pp an odd prime and xx a root of unity.

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@article{arxiv.1908.02155,
  title  = {Trigonometric identities and quadratic residues},
  author = {Zhi-Wei Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.02155},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

27 pages. Accepted by Publ. Math. Debrecen

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