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Trig – HP Prime Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Functions and commands

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atanx → acosx

Returns an expression with arctan(x) rewritten as pi/2-

arccos(x/sqrt(1+x^2)).

atan2acos(Expr)

tanx → sinx/cosx

Returns an expression with tan(x) rewritten as sin(x)/cos(x).

tan2sincos(Expr)

Example:

tan2sincos(tan(x))

gives

sin(x)/cos(x)

halftan

Returns an expression with sin(x), cos(x) or tan(x) rewritten as

tan(x/2).

halftan(Expr)

Example:

halftan(sin(x))

gives

2*tan(x/2)/(tan(x/2)^2+

Trig

trigx → sinx

Returns an expression simplified using the formulas

sin(x)^2+cos(x)^2=1 and tan(x)=sin(x)/cos(x) (privileging

sine).

trigsin(Expr)

Example:

trigsin(cos(x)^4+sin(x)^2)

gives

sin(x)^4-

sin(x)^2+

trigx → cosx

Returns an expression simplified using the formulas

sin(x)^2+cos(x)^2=1 and tan(x)=sin(x)/cos(x) (privileging

cosine).

trigcos(Expr)

Example:

trigcos(sin(x)^4+sin(x)^2)

gives

cos(x)^4-

3*cos(x)^2+2

trigx → tanx

Returns an expression simplified using the formulas

sin(x)^2+cos(x)^2=1 and tan(x)=sin(x)/cos(x) (privileging

tangent).

trigtan(Expr)

Example:

trigtan(cos(x)^4+sin(x)^2)

gives

(tan(x)^4+tan(x)^2+1)/(tan(x)^4+2*tan(x)^2+1)