## Identity from Math.StackExchange.com

Taken from my answer to “Proving a weird trig identity” at Math.StackExchange.com . $$\Large{\frac{\cos\theta}{1-\sin\theta} = \frac{\sec\theta + \tan\theta}{1}}$$ In the diagram, $$\overline{AB}$$ is tangent to the unit circle at P. The “trig lengths” (except for $$|\overline{AQ}|$$) should be clear. We note that $$\angle BPR \cong \angle RPP^\prime$$, since these inscribed angles subtend congruent arcs $$\stackrel{\frown}{PR}$$ […]

Posted 14 May, 2015 by in Classroom, Trigonography

## Product Identities

\begin{align} 2 \cos A \cos B &= \cos(A-B) \;+\; \cos(A+B) \\ 2 \sin A \;\sin B &= \cos(A-B) \;-\; \cos(A+B) \end{align}

Posted 25 February, 2015 by in Classroom, Proof Without Words, Trigonography, Uncategorized

## Proof Without Words: Nine-Point Circle Property

The “Nine-Point Circle” of a triangle $$\triangle ABC$$ contains the vertices of the medial triangle ($$\triangle RST$$) and orthic triangle ($$\triangle UVW$$), as well as points $$X$$, $$Y$$, $$Z$$ that bisect segments from $$\triangle ABC$$’s orthocenter ($$H$$) to its vertices. A question on Math.StackExchange.com asked for proof that the center of the nine-point circle […]

## Limits are about the journey …

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Posted 29 April, 2013 by in Classroom, Misc. Math

## A Ceva-like Theorem for Tetrahedra

A question at Math.StackExchange asked about “Ceva’s Theorem in three dimensions”. So I derived one. The result (which I believe may be new, although it could very well exist in the hundreds of years of mathematical literature since Ceva) replaces the traditional ratios of segment lengths with “triple-ratios” of triangle areas, to satisfying effect. Whereas […]

Posted 20 April, 2013 by in Classroom, Misc. Math, Open Question