It is known that in an sine series with angles in arithmetic progression (I refer to this question):
∑n−1k=0sin(a+k⋅d)=sin(n×d2)sin(d2)×sin(2a+(n−1)⋅d2)
What if k does not go from 0 to n−1, but its elements are strictly positive rational numbers,
with $0
and k is monotonically increasing
Is there a way to simplify:
∑ni=1sin(a+ki⋅d)
in a way analogous to the first formula? Maybe using the property that k adds to 1 and using sin(π/2)=1 ??
e.g.:
ki=(0.067,0.133,0.200,0.267,0.333) (5 increasing elements between 0 & 1 which sum to 1)
a=90
d=40
Sum = (90+0.067⋅40)+(90+0.133⋅40)+(90+0.200⋅40)+(90+0.267⋅40)+(90+0.333⋅40)
Answer
There is no way to give this a general form. The definition of ki is too general. I have been trying to come up with a function that would give ki while also fitting your terms, but I am having difficulty. This would need to have specific values of ki and each term of the sum would need to be calculated individually. I did try to change the sum into something else (work below), but it seems that this is only more complicated. n∑i=1sin(a+kid) We can separate the sum using the Trigonometric Addition Formula: sin(α+β)=sinαcosβ+sinβcosα n∑i=1[sin(a)cos(kid)+sin(kid)cos(a)] =sinan∑i=1[cos(kid)]+cosan∑i=1[sin(kid)] Past this point, there is no general form. You can attempt to use the Multiple-Angle Formulas, but this only seems to complicate things. In conclusion, I believe your best option would be to just use the original sum and calculate it normally. Unless you have a more rigorous definition for ki, there is no general form that will apply.
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