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Algebra Difficulty 6.1 National olympiad Prove it

10. Prove:
tgnα=sinα+sin3α++sin(2n1)αcosα+cos3α++cos(2n1)α\operatorname{tg} n \alpha=\frac{\sin \alpha+\sin 3 \alpha+\cdots+\sin (2 n-1) \alpha}{\cos \alpha+\cos 3 \alpha+\cdots+\cos (2 n-1) \alpha}

Solution

10. Proof: {θπ}=0\left\{\frac{\theta}{\pi}\right\}=0 is obviously true. When {θπ}0\left\{\frac{\theta}{\pi}\right\} \neq 0, from (41) and (42) we get
sinα+sin3α++sin(2n1)α=sinnαsinαsinnαcosα+cos3α++cos(2n1)α=sinnαsinαcosnα\begin{array}{l} \sin \alpha+\sin 3 \alpha+\cdots+\sin (2 n-1) \alpha \\ \quad=\frac{\sin n \alpha}{\sin \alpha} \sin n \alpha \\ \cos \alpha+\cos 3 \alpha+\cdots+\cos (2 n-1) \alpha \\ \quad=\frac{\sin n \alpha}{\sin \alpha} \cos n \alpha \end{array}

Dividing the two equations yields
tgnα=sinα+sin3α++sin(2n1)αcosα+cos3α++cos(2n1)α\operatorname{tg} n \alpha=\frac{\sin \alpha+\sin 3 \alpha+\cdots+\sin (2 n-1) \alpha}{\cos \alpha+\cos 3 \alpha+\cdots+\cos (2 n-1) \alpha}

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