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Linear combinations of sin and cos
Source: Kvant Magazine No. 3 2020 M2594
3/10/2023
It is known that for some
x
x{}
x
and
y
y{}
y
the sums
sin
x
+
cos
y
\sin x+ \cos y
sin
x
+
cos
y
and
sin
y
+
cos
x
\sin y + \cos x
sin
y
+
cos
x
are positive rational numbers. Prove that there exist natural numbers
m
m{}
m
and
n
n{}
n
such that
m
sin
x
+
n
cos
x
m\sin x+n\cos x
m
sin
x
+
n
cos
x
is a natural number.Proposed by N. Agakhanov
algebra
trigonometry
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