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The sign of harmonic addition theorem[edit]
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Harmonic addition theorem has the following equations
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(1)
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(2)
given that . In addition, the following equation can be found in the citation
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(3)
which implies
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(4)
Now, consider the case
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(5)
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(6)
According to (5) and (2), should be positive. According to (5), (6) and (4), should be negative. Aforementioned results of seem to be inconsistent. So what mistakes have I made? - Justin545 (talk) 17:36, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
- Equation (2) is accompanied by . The function arctan is in principle multivalued, but its value is conventionally restricted to . The sign of c comes from that convention. In your equation (6) you break that convention, and if you insist on breaking it, then you must switch the sign in (2). --Wrongfilter (talk) 18:17, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks you for the help. Indeed, signs of and are the same if . And it seems signs of and are different if . So, if I understand correctly, how about rewrite (2) as
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(7)
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(8)
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- given that - Justin545 (talk) 20:13, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
- I'm not sure what you're really trying to achieve and for some reason you always omit the second equation (or , if you prefer). You need two equations to find . --Wrongfilter (talk) 20:31, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
- given that - Justin545 (talk) 20:13, 12 January 2022 (UTC)