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Sine function

Function

definiendum $\mathrm{\sin}: \mathbb C\to\mathbb C$
definiendum $\sin(z) := \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{(-1)^{k}}{(2k+1)!}z^{2n+1} $

$\theta\in\mathbb R$

$\sin(\theta) = \frac{1}{2i}(\mathrm e^{i\theta}-\mathrm e^{-i\theta}) $

i.e. if $\zeta:=\mathrm e^{i\theta}$, then $\zeta_\theta-\overline{\zeta_\theta}=2i\sin(\theta)$.

Theorem

From $\sum_{n=a}^{b}{\mathrm e}^{2kn}=\sum_{n=a}^{b}\left({\mathrm e}^{2k}\right)^n=\dots$ we get

$\sum_{n=a}^{b}\sin(2kn)=\dfrac{\sin (k (a-b-1)) \sin (k (a+b))} {\sin(k)}$


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