Mister Exam

Least common denominator cos(x-pi/2)-sin(x-pi/2)

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   /    pi\      /    pi\
cos|x - --| - sin|x - --|
   \    2 /      \    2 /
$$- \sin{\left(x - \frac{\pi}{2} \right)} + \cos{\left(x - \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}$$
cos(x - pi/2) - sin(x - pi/2)
General simplification [src]
  ___    /    pi\
\/ 2 *sin|x + --|
         \    4 /
$$\sqrt{2} \sin{\left(x + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}$$
sqrt(2)*sin(x + pi/4)
Rational denominator [src]
cos(x) + sin(x)
$$\sin{\left(x \right)} + \cos{\left(x \right)}$$
cos(x) + sin(x)
Combining rational expressions [src]
     /-pi + 2*x\      /-pi + 2*x\
- sin|---------| + cos|---------|
     \    2    /      \    2    /
$$- \sin{\left(\frac{2 x - \pi}{2} \right)} + \cos{\left(\frac{2 x - \pi}{2} \right)}$$
-sin((-pi + 2*x)/2) + cos((-pi + 2*x)/2)
Powers [src]
cos(x) + sin(x)
$$\sin{\left(x \right)} + \cos{\left(x \right)}$$
   /    pi\      /pi    \     /     /pi    \      /    pi\\
 I*|x - --|    I*|-- - x|     |   I*|-- - x|    I*|x - --||
   \    2 /      \2     /     |     \2     /      \    2 /|
e             e             I*\- e           + e          /
----------- + ----------- + -------------------------------
     2             2                       2               
$$\frac{i \left(- e^{i \left(- x + \frac{\pi}{2}\right)} + e^{i \left(x - \frac{\pi}{2}\right)}\right)}{2} + \frac{e^{i \left(- x + \frac{\pi}{2}\right)}}{2} + \frac{e^{i \left(x - \frac{\pi}{2}\right)}}{2}$$
exp(i*(x - pi/2))/2 + exp(i*(pi/2 - x))/2 + i*(-exp(i*(pi/2 - x)) + exp(i*(x - pi/2)))/2
Common denominator [src]
cos(x) + sin(x)
$$\sin{\left(x \right)} + \cos{\left(x \right)}$$
cos(x) + sin(x)
Numerical answer [src]
-sin(x - pi/2) + cos(x - pi/2)
-sin(x - pi/2) + cos(x - pi/2)
Combinatorics [src]
cos(x) + sin(x)
$$\sin{\left(x \right)} + \cos{\left(x \right)}$$
cos(x) + sin(x)
Expand expression [src]
cos(x) + sin(x)
$$\sin{\left(x \right)} + \cos{\left(x \right)}$$
cos(x) + sin(x)
Trigonometric part [src]
          2/x\         
-1 + 2*cos |-| + sin(x)
           \2/         
$$\sin{\left(x \right)} + 2 \cos^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} - 1$$
cos(x) + sin(x)
$$\sin{\left(x \right)} + \cos{\left(x \right)}$$
          1           2   
-1 + ----------- + -------
        /    pi\      2/x\
     sec|x - --|   sec |-|
        \    2 /       \2/
$$-1 + \frac{1}{\sec{\left(x - \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}} + \frac{2}{\sec^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}}$$
          2/pi   x\         
-1 + 2*sin |-- + -| + sin(x)
           \2    2/         
$$\sin{\left(x \right)} + 2 \sin^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{2} \right)} - 1$$
     ___   
   \/ 2    
-----------
   /    pi\
csc|x + --|
   \    4 /
$$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\csc{\left(x + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}$$
              /         1      \             
              |1 - ------------|*(1 + sin(x))
              |       2/x   pi\|             
              |    tan |- + --||             
 1 + sin(x)   \        \2   4 //             
----------- + -------------------------------
   /x   pi\                  2               
tan|- + --|                                  
   \2   4 /                                  
$$\frac{\left(1 - \frac{1}{\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}\right) \left(\sin{\left(x \right)} + 1\right)}{2} + \frac{\sin{\left(x \right)} + 1}{\tan{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}$$
       2/x   pi\         /x   pi\  
1 - cot |- + --|    2*cot|- + --|  
        \2   4 /         \2   4 /  
---------------- + ----------------
       2/x   pi\          2/x   pi\
1 + cot |- + --|   1 + cot |- + --|
        \2   4 /           \2   4 /
$$\frac{1 - \cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}{\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)} + 1} + \frac{2 \cot{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}{\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)} + 1}$$
                                  2
            /x\      /       2/x\\ 
       2*tan|-|    2*|1 - tan |-|| 
            \2/      \        \4// 
-1 + ----------- + ----------------
            2/x\                 2 
     1 + tan |-|    /       2/x\\  
             \2/    |1 + tan |-||  
                    \        \4//  
$$\frac{2 \left(1 - \tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{4} \right)}\right)^{2}}{\left(\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{4} \right)} + 1\right)^{2}} - 1 + \frac{2 \tan{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}}{\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + 1}$$
       1           2      
-1 + ------ + ------------
     csc(x)      2/pi   x\
              csc |-- - -|
                  \2    2/
$$-1 + \frac{2}{\csc^{2}{\left(- \frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}} + \frac{1}{\csc{\left(x \right)}}$$
  ___    /    pi\
\/ 2 *sin|x + --|
         \    4 /
$$\sqrt{2} \sin{\left(x + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}$$
/          2       \                                   
|       cos (x)    |                                   
|1 - --------------|*(1 + sin(x))                      
|         4/x   pi\|                                   
|    4*sin |- + --||                                   
\          \2   4 //                (1 + sin(x))*cos(x)
--------------------------------- + -------------------
                2                           2/x   pi\  
                                       2*sin |- + --|  
                                             \2   4 /  
$$\frac{\left(1 - \frac{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}{4 \sin^{4}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}\right) \left(\sin{\left(x \right)} + 1\right)}{2} + \frac{\left(\sin{\left(x \right)} + 1\right) \cos{\left(x \right)}}{2 \sin^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}$$
            /    pi\
cos(x) + cos|x - --|
            \    2 /
$$\cos{\left(x \right)} + \cos{\left(x - \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}$$
-cos(x - pi) + sin(x)
$$\sin{\left(x \right)} - \cos{\left(x - \pi \right)}$$
                           /       2/x   pi\\             
                           |1 - cot |- + --||*(1 + sin(x))
                /x   pi\   \        \2   4 //             
(1 + sin(x))*cot|- + --| + -------------------------------
                \2   4 /                  2               
$$\frac{\left(1 - \cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}\right) \left(\sin{\left(x \right)} + 1\right)}{2} + \left(\sin{\left(x \right)} + 1\right) \cot{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}$$
  1           1     
------ + -----------
sec(x)      /pi    \
         sec|-- - x|
            \2     /
$$\frac{1}{\sec{\left(- x + \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}} + \frac{1}{\sec{\left(x \right)}}$$
        2/x   pi\         /x   pi\  
-1 + tan |- + --|    2*tan|- + --|  
         \2   4 /         \2   4 /  
----------------- + ----------------
        2/x   pi\          2/x   pi\
 1 + tan |- + --|   1 + tan |- + --|
         \2   4 /           \2   4 /
$$\frac{\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)} - 1}{\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)} + 1} + \frac{2 \tan{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}{\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)} + 1}$$
         1                                       
1 - ------------                                 
       2/x   pi\                                 
    tan |- + --|                                 
        \2   4 /                 2               
---------------- + ------------------------------
         1         /         1      \    /x   pi\
1 + ------------   |1 + ------------|*tan|- + --|
       2/x   pi\   |       2/x   pi\|    \2   4 /
    tan |- + --|   |    tan |- + --||            
        \2   4 /   \        \2   4 //            
$$\frac{1 - \frac{1}{\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}}{1 + \frac{1}{\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}} + \frac{2}{\left(1 + \frac{1}{\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}\right) \tan{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}$$
          2/x\      /    pi\
-1 + 2*cos |-| + cos|x - --|
           \2/      \    2 /
$$2 \cos^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + \cos{\left(x - \frac{\pi}{2} \right)} - 1$$
             /        2/x   pi\ \                           
             |     csc |- + --| |                           
/      1   \ |         \2   4 / |                           
|1 + ------|*|1 - --------------|                           
\    csc(x)/ |       2/  x   pi\|   /      1   \    /x   pi\
             |    csc |- - + --||   |1 + ------|*csc|- + --|
             \        \  2   4 //   \    csc(x)/    \2   4 /
--------------------------------- + ------------------------
                2                           /  x   pi\      
                                         csc|- - + --|      
                                            \  2   4 /      
$$\frac{\left(1 - \frac{\csc^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}{\csc^{2}{\left(- \frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}\right) \left(1 + \frac{1}{\csc{\left(x \right)}}\right)}{2} + \frac{\left(1 + \frac{1}{\csc{\left(x \right)}}\right) \csc{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}{\csc{\left(- \frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}$$
       /x\           
1 - tan|-| + 2*sin(x)
       \2/           
---------------------
             /x\     
      1 + tan|-|     
             \2/     
$$\frac{2 \sin{\left(x \right)} - \tan{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + 1}{\tan{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + 1}$$
     ___   
   \/ 2    
-----------
   /    pi\
sec|x - --|
   \    4 /
$$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sec{\left(x - \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}$$
    ___    2/x   pi\    /x   pi\
2*\/ 2 *sin |- + --|*cot|- + --|
            \2   8 /    \2   8 /
$$2 \sqrt{2} \sin^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{8} \right)} \cot{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{8} \right)}$$
  1           1     
------ + -----------
csc(x)      /pi    \
         csc|-- - x|
            \2     /
$$\frac{1}{\csc{\left(- x + \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}} + \frac{1}{\csc{\left(x \right)}}$$
           /x\                       /           /x\ \
      2*tan|-|                       |      2*tan|-| |
           \2/    /         1      \ |           \2/ |
1 + -----------   |1 - ------------|*|1 + -----------|
           2/x\   |       2/x   pi\| |           2/x\|
    1 + tan |-|   |    tan |- + --|| |    1 + tan |-||
            \2/   \        \2   4 // \            \2//
--------------- + ------------------------------------
     /x   pi\                      2                  
  tan|- + --|                                         
     \2   4 /                                         
$$\frac{\left(1 + \frac{2 \tan{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}}{\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + 1}\right) \left(1 - \frac{1}{\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}\right)}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{2 \tan{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}}{\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + 1}}{\tan{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}$$
/       2/x   pi\\                                                  
|    cos |- + --||                                                  
|        \2   4 /| /       /    pi\\                                
|1 - ------------|*|1 + cos|x - --||                                
|       2/x   pi\| \       \    2 //   /       /    pi\\    /x   pi\
|    cos |- - --||                     |1 + cos|x - --||*cos|- + --|
\        \2   4 //                     \       \    2 //    \2   4 /
------------------------------------ + -----------------------------
                 2                                 /x   pi\         
                                                cos|- - --|         
                                                   \2   4 /         
$$\frac{\left(1 - \frac{\cos^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}{\cos^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} - \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}\right) \left(\cos{\left(x - \frac{\pi}{2} \right)} + 1\right)}{2} + \frac{\left(\cos{\left(x - \frac{\pi}{2} \right)} + 1\right) \cos{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}{\cos{\left(\frac{x}{2} - \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}$$
  ___    /    pi\
\/ 2 *cos|x - --|
         \    4 /
$$\sqrt{2} \cos{\left(x - \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}$$
    ___    /x   pi\
2*\/ 2 *cot|- + --|
           \2   8 /
-------------------
         2/x   pi\ 
  1 + cot |- + --| 
          \2   8 / 
$$\frac{2 \sqrt{2} \cot{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{8} \right)}}{\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{8} \right)} + 1}$$
          1                                       
-1 + ------------                                 
        2/x   pi\                                 
     cot |- + --|                                 
         \2   4 /                 2               
----------------- + ------------------------------
          1         /         1      \    /x   pi\
 1 + ------------   |1 + ------------|*cot|- + --|
        2/x   pi\   |       2/x   pi\|    \2   4 /
     cot |- + --|   |    cot |- + --||            
         \2   4 /   \        \2   4 //            
$$\frac{-1 + \frac{1}{\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}}{1 + \frac{1}{\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}} + \frac{2}{\left(1 + \frac{1}{\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}\right) \cot{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}$$
  1           1     
------ - -----------
csc(x)   sec(x - pi)
$$- \frac{1}{\sec{\left(x - \pi \right)}} + \frac{1}{\csc{\left(x \right)}}$$
                  /       2/x   pi\\                                
                  |    sec |- - --||                                
/         1     \ |        \2   4 /|   /         1     \    /x   pi\
|1 + -----------|*|1 - ------------|   |1 + -----------|*sec|- - --|
|       /    pi\| |       2/x   pi\|   |       /    pi\|    \2   4 /
|    sec|x - --|| |    sec |- + --||   |    sec|x - --||            
\       \    2 // \        \2   4 //   \       \    2 //            
------------------------------------ + -----------------------------
                 2                                 /x   pi\         
                                                sec|- + --|         
                                                   \2   4 /         
$$\frac{\left(1 + \frac{1}{\sec{\left(x - \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}}\right) \left(- \frac{\sec^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} - \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}{\sec^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}} + 1\right)}{2} + \frac{\left(1 + \frac{1}{\sec{\left(x - \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}}\right) \sec{\left(\frac{x}{2} - \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}{\sec{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}$$
                                                   /           /x\ \
                                                   |      2*cot|-| |
                                /       2/x   pi\\ |           \2/ |
                                |1 - cot |- + --||*|1 + -----------|
/           /x\ \               \        \2   4 // |           2/x\|
|      2*cot|-| |                                  |    1 + cot |-||
|           \2/ |    /x   pi\                      \            \2//
|1 + -----------|*cot|- + --| + ------------------------------------
|           2/x\|    \2   4 /                    2                  
|    1 + cot |-||                                                   
\            \2//                                                   
$$\frac{\left(1 + \frac{2 \cot{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}}{\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + 1}\right) \left(1 - \cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}\right)}{2} + \left(1 + \frac{2 \cot{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}}{\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + 1}\right) \cot{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}$$
    ___    /x   pi\
2*\/ 2 *tan|- + --|
           \2   8 /
-------------------
         2/x   pi\ 
  1 + tan |- + --| 
          \2   8 / 
$$\frac{2 \sqrt{2} \tan{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{8} \right)}}{\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{8} \right)} + 1}$$
  1        1   
------ + ------
csc(x)   sec(x)
$$\frac{1}{\sec{\left(x \right)}} + \frac{1}{\csc{\left(x \right)}}$$
            /    pi\
sin(x) + sin|x + --|
            \    2 /
$$\sin{\left(x \right)} + \sin{\left(x + \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}$$
                                   2
            /x\      /        2/x\\ 
       2*cot|-|    2*|-1 + cot |-|| 
            \2/      \         \4// 
-1 + ----------- + -----------------
            2/x\                  2 
     1 + cot |-|     /       2/x\\  
             \2/     |1 + cot |-||  
                     \        \4//  
$$\frac{2 \left(\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{4} \right)} - 1\right)^{2}}{\left(\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{4} \right)} + 1\right)^{2}} - 1 + \frac{2 \cot{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}}{\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + 1}$$
-1 + 2*cot(x/2)/(1 + cot(x/2)^2) + 2*(-1 + cot(x/4)^2)^2/(1 + cot(x/4)^2)^2