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Trigonometric functions in the $p$-norm

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2021-09-30 v1

Abstract

Trigonometry is the study of circular functions, which are functions defined on the unit circle x2+y2=1x^2+y^2 =1, where distances are measured using the Euclidean norm. When distances are measured using the LpL_p-norm, we get generalized trigonometric functions. These are parametrizations of the unit pp-circle xp+yp=1|x|^p+|y|^p =1. Investigating these new functions leads to interesting connections involving double angle formulas, norms induced by inner products, Stirling numbers, Bell polynomials, Lagrange inversion, gamma functions, and generalized π\pi values.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2109.14036,
  title  = {Trigonometric functions in the $p$-norm},
  author = {Sunil Chebolu and Andrew Hatfield and Riley Klette and Christopher Moore and Elizabeth Warden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.14036},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

16 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Mathematics Exchange

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