Trigonometry/Price's Theorem

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Price's Theorem states that as

.

Lemma

As .

Proof of lemma

As hence . Rearranging, the result follows.

Proof of theorem

Thus

The result then follows from the lemma.

This theorem is due to Bartholomew Price (1818-1898).