Patterns in inequalities of triangle involving angles.
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I was reading this page and wondered as why, inequalities for $cos A$ (with argument $A$) become the same inequality for $sinfrac{A}{2}$ (with argument $frac{A}{2}$), similarly for $tan$ and $cot$.
Examples,
$$sinfrac{A}{2}sinfrac{B}{2}sinfrac{C}{2}lefrac{1}{8}$$$$cos Acos Bcos Clefrac{1}{8}$$
and
$$cos (A)+cos (B)+cos (C)lefrac{3}{2}$$$$displaystylesinfrac{A}{2}+sinfrac{B}{2}+sinfrac{C}{2}lefrac{3}{2}$$
Is there some greater Mathematics involved or just a pretty coincidence?
trigonometry inequality triangle geometric-inequalities
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I was reading this page and wondered as why, inequalities for $cos A$ (with argument $A$) become the same inequality for $sinfrac{A}{2}$ (with argument $frac{A}{2}$), similarly for $tan$ and $cot$.
Examples,
$$sinfrac{A}{2}sinfrac{B}{2}sinfrac{C}{2}lefrac{1}{8}$$$$cos Acos Bcos Clefrac{1}{8}$$
and
$$cos (A)+cos (B)+cos (C)lefrac{3}{2}$$$$displaystylesinfrac{A}{2}+sinfrac{B}{2}+sinfrac{C}{2}lefrac{3}{2}$$
Is there some greater Mathematics involved or just a pretty coincidence?
trigonometry inequality triangle geometric-inequalities
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I was reading this page and wondered as why, inequalities for $cos A$ (with argument $A$) become the same inequality for $sinfrac{A}{2}$ (with argument $frac{A}{2}$), similarly for $tan$ and $cot$.
Examples,
$$sinfrac{A}{2}sinfrac{B}{2}sinfrac{C}{2}lefrac{1}{8}$$$$cos Acos Bcos Clefrac{1}{8}$$
and
$$cos (A)+cos (B)+cos (C)lefrac{3}{2}$$$$displaystylesinfrac{A}{2}+sinfrac{B}{2}+sinfrac{C}{2}lefrac{3}{2}$$
Is there some greater Mathematics involved or just a pretty coincidence?
trigonometry inequality triangle geometric-inequalities
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I was reading this page and wondered as why, inequalities for $cos A$ (with argument $A$) become the same inequality for $sinfrac{A}{2}$ (with argument $frac{A}{2}$), similarly for $tan$ and $cot$.
Examples,
$$sinfrac{A}{2}sinfrac{B}{2}sinfrac{C}{2}lefrac{1}{8}$$$$cos Acos Bcos Clefrac{1}{8}$$
and
$$cos (A)+cos (B)+cos (C)lefrac{3}{2}$$$$displaystylesinfrac{A}{2}+sinfrac{B}{2}+sinfrac{C}{2}lefrac{3}{2}$$
Is there some greater Mathematics involved or just a pretty coincidence?
trigonometry inequality triangle geometric-inequalities
trigonometry inequality triangle geometric-inequalities
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Great observation, I never noticed that before. It's not a coincidence, here is an explanation.
Rewrite the sine terms as cosines, for example,
$$cos(90^circ-tfrac A2)+cos(90^circ-tfrac B2)+cos(90^circ-tfrac C2)letfrac32 .$$
Now
$$eqalign{
A,B,C& hbox{are the angles of a triangle}cr
&Leftrightarrowquad A+B+C=180^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad tfrac A2+tfrac B2+tfrac C2=90^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad (90^circ-tfrac A2)+(90^circ-tfrac B2)+(90^circ-tfrac C2)=180^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad (90^circ-tfrac A2),(90^circ-tfrac B2),(90^circ-tfrac C2) hbox{are the angles of a triangle}cr}$$
So, in this context,
- anything true for all triangles that you can say about $A,B,C$ will also be true about $(90^circ-frac A2),(90^circ-frac B2),(90^circ-frac C2)$;
- hence, anything true for all triangles that you can say about $cos A,cos B,cos C$ will also be true about $cos(90^circ-frac A2),cos(90^circ-frac B2),cos(90^circ-frac C2)$;
- hence, anything true for all triangles that you can say about $cos A,cos B,cos C$ will also be true about $sinfrac A2,sinfrac B2,sinfrac C2$.
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Nice explanation.
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– marty cohen
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Very nice! I agree. +1
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Great observation, I never noticed that before. It's not a coincidence, here is an explanation.
Rewrite the sine terms as cosines, for example,
$$cos(90^circ-tfrac A2)+cos(90^circ-tfrac B2)+cos(90^circ-tfrac C2)letfrac32 .$$
Now
$$eqalign{
A,B,C& hbox{are the angles of a triangle}cr
&Leftrightarrowquad A+B+C=180^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad tfrac A2+tfrac B2+tfrac C2=90^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad (90^circ-tfrac A2)+(90^circ-tfrac B2)+(90^circ-tfrac C2)=180^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad (90^circ-tfrac A2),(90^circ-tfrac B2),(90^circ-tfrac C2) hbox{are the angles of a triangle}cr}$$
So, in this context,
- anything true for all triangles that you can say about $A,B,C$ will also be true about $(90^circ-frac A2),(90^circ-frac B2),(90^circ-frac C2)$;
- hence, anything true for all triangles that you can say about $cos A,cos B,cos C$ will also be true about $cos(90^circ-frac A2),cos(90^circ-frac B2),cos(90^circ-frac C2)$;
- hence, anything true for all triangles that you can say about $cos A,cos B,cos C$ will also be true about $sinfrac A2,sinfrac B2,sinfrac C2$.
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Nice explanation.
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– marty cohen
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Very nice! I agree. +1
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Great observation, I never noticed that before. It's not a coincidence, here is an explanation.
Rewrite the sine terms as cosines, for example,
$$cos(90^circ-tfrac A2)+cos(90^circ-tfrac B2)+cos(90^circ-tfrac C2)letfrac32 .$$
Now
$$eqalign{
A,B,C& hbox{are the angles of a triangle}cr
&Leftrightarrowquad A+B+C=180^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad tfrac A2+tfrac B2+tfrac C2=90^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad (90^circ-tfrac A2)+(90^circ-tfrac B2)+(90^circ-tfrac C2)=180^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad (90^circ-tfrac A2),(90^circ-tfrac B2),(90^circ-tfrac C2) hbox{are the angles of a triangle}cr}$$
So, in this context,
- anything true for all triangles that you can say about $A,B,C$ will also be true about $(90^circ-frac A2),(90^circ-frac B2),(90^circ-frac C2)$;
- hence, anything true for all triangles that you can say about $cos A,cos B,cos C$ will also be true about $cos(90^circ-frac A2),cos(90^circ-frac B2),cos(90^circ-frac C2)$;
- hence, anything true for all triangles that you can say about $cos A,cos B,cos C$ will also be true about $sinfrac A2,sinfrac B2,sinfrac C2$.
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Nice explanation.
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– marty cohen
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Very nice! I agree. +1
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Great observation, I never noticed that before. It's not a coincidence, here is an explanation.
Rewrite the sine terms as cosines, for example,
$$cos(90^circ-tfrac A2)+cos(90^circ-tfrac B2)+cos(90^circ-tfrac C2)letfrac32 .$$
Now
$$eqalign{
A,B,C& hbox{are the angles of a triangle}cr
&Leftrightarrowquad A+B+C=180^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad tfrac A2+tfrac B2+tfrac C2=90^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad (90^circ-tfrac A2)+(90^circ-tfrac B2)+(90^circ-tfrac C2)=180^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad (90^circ-tfrac A2),(90^circ-tfrac B2),(90^circ-tfrac C2) hbox{are the angles of a triangle}cr}$$
So, in this context,
- anything true for all triangles that you can say about $A,B,C$ will also be true about $(90^circ-frac A2),(90^circ-frac B2),(90^circ-frac C2)$;
- hence, anything true for all triangles that you can say about $cos A,cos B,cos C$ will also be true about $cos(90^circ-frac A2),cos(90^circ-frac B2),cos(90^circ-frac C2)$;
- hence, anything true for all triangles that you can say about $cos A,cos B,cos C$ will also be true about $sinfrac A2,sinfrac B2,sinfrac C2$.
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Great observation, I never noticed that before. It's not a coincidence, here is an explanation.
Rewrite the sine terms as cosines, for example,
$$cos(90^circ-tfrac A2)+cos(90^circ-tfrac B2)+cos(90^circ-tfrac C2)letfrac32 .$$
Now
$$eqalign{
A,B,C& hbox{are the angles of a triangle}cr
&Leftrightarrowquad A+B+C=180^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad tfrac A2+tfrac B2+tfrac C2=90^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad (90^circ-tfrac A2)+(90^circ-tfrac B2)+(90^circ-tfrac C2)=180^circcr
&Leftrightarrowquad (90^circ-tfrac A2),(90^circ-tfrac B2),(90^circ-tfrac C2) hbox{are the angles of a triangle}cr}$$
So, in this context,
- anything true for all triangles that you can say about $A,B,C$ will also be true about $(90^circ-frac A2),(90^circ-frac B2),(90^circ-frac C2)$;
- hence, anything true for all triangles that you can say about $cos A,cos B,cos C$ will also be true about $cos(90^circ-frac A2),cos(90^circ-frac B2),cos(90^circ-frac C2)$;
- hence, anything true for all triangles that you can say about $cos A,cos B,cos C$ will also be true about $sinfrac A2,sinfrac B2,sinfrac C2$.
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Very nice! I agree. +1
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Nice explanation.
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Very nice! I agree. +1
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Nice explanation.
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Nice explanation.
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Very nice! I agree. +1
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Very nice! I agree. +1
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