We claim the largest number is k=5.
The difference of two consecutive terms is:
sin(n+i+1)−sin(n+i)=2sin21cos22n+2i+1>0⇔cos22n+2i+1>0. (⋆)
Suppose that for k=6 there exists a positive integer n such that sin(n+1)<sin(n+2)<sin(n+3)<sin(n+4)<sin(n+5)<sin(n+6). Relation (⋆) is equivalent to:
cos(n+22i+1)>0,i=1,5,
which implies that:
cos(n+23)+cos(n+211)=2cos2⋅cos(n+27)>0⇒cos2>0,
which is a contradiction. Therefore, k≤5.
For k=5 we need to find a positive integer n which, according to (⋆), needs to satisfy cos(n+22i+1)>0, i=1,4. From 2mπ−2π<n+23<n+29<2mπ+2π⇔(4m−1)⋅10π<20n+30<20n+90<(4m+1)⋅10π, considering 3.14<π<3.15, we obtain the following sufficient condition:
(4m−1)⋅31.5<20n+30<20n+90<(4m+1)⋅31.4⇒m≤7.
For m=7 we have the following bounds for n:
227π−3<n<229π−9,
which, due to having 3.141<π<3.142, implies n=41, and thus proves our claim.