Saturday, September 8, 2018

trigonometry - How to evaluate $sum_{k=1} ^{n-1} frac{sin (ktheta)}{sin theta}$



How to evaluate $$\sum_{k=1} ^{n-1} \frac{\sin (k\theta)}{\sin \theta}$$



Any help ? I tried to use difference method. But I'm not getting there.


Answer



HINT:




Use the Prosthaphaeresis Formula,



$$\cos((k-1)\theta)-\cos((k+1)\theta)=2\sin(k\theta)\sin(\theta)$$



and then sum the resulting telescoping series.


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