Maxima Function
trigsimp (expr)
Employs the identities sin(x)^2 + cos(x)^2 = 1 and
cosh(x)^2 - sinh(x)^2 = 1 to simplify expressions containing tan
, sec
,
etc., to sin
, cos
, sinh
, cosh
.
trigreduce
, ratsimp
, and radcan
may be
able to further simplify the result.
demo ("trgsmp.dem")
displays some examples of trigsimp
.