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#1 2015-02-23 12:42:16

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How do I show that this function is a constant?

How do I show that g(x) = cos(tan(sin ..... cos(tan(sin(x)))) .... ) ) is a constant?


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#2 2015-02-23 20:53:50

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Re: How do I show that this function is a constant?

hi Agnishom,

I am unclear about what the 'pattern' of this function is.  What goes in the ....s space.

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#3 2015-02-23 21:57:42

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Re: How do I show that this function is a constant?

It is an infinite composition of cos tan sin


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#4 2015-02-23 23:00:35

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Re: How do I show that this function is a constant?

So do you mean:

or maybe

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#5 2015-02-23 23:35:52

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Re: How do I show that this function is a constant?

I think it's like. this. Let

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And
. The problem is to show that
is independent of the choice of x, right?


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#6 2015-02-24 00:21:22

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Re: How do I show that this function is a constant?

Yes.

This shows that the constant is around 0.7169229431689353


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#7 2015-02-24 09:29:23

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Re: How do I show that this function is a constant?

Much cleaner is:

g[x_] := Cos[Tan[Sin[x]]]
N[Nest[g, x, 400] /. x -> 1, 20]

0.71692294316893535645


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#8 2015-02-24 12:40:18

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Re: How do I show that this function is a constant?

Okay, but I did not ask to find the value


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#9 2015-02-24 14:14:26

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Re: How do I show that this function is a constant?

Might have led to an analytical idea.


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#10 2015-02-24 20:42:14

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Re: How do I show that this function is a constant?

I get that value too.  You might be able to put together an analytic proof of existence like this.

Let y = cos(tan(sin(x))).

Establish the following properties:

(1) y is an even function.

(2) y = 1 when x = 0

(3) y is periodic.

(4) y > 0 for all x.

(5) There exists an x = k so that y is symmetrical in that line. (There are many but find the lowest > 0 )

(6) y is decreasing between x = 0 and x = k

(7) The line y = x cuts the curve once between x = 0 and x = k

(8) This intersection gives the value of the constant.  The other properties should be sufficient to show it is unique.

Hint: Use the MIF function grapher to see what the graph of y looks like.

Bob


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