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7: Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions

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The trigonometric functions, sine and cosine, are useful for describing periodic variation in mechanical and biological systems. The sine and cosine functions and their derivatives are interrelated:

[sint]=cost[cost]=sint

The derivative equation

y(t)+y(t)=0

is basic to mathematical models of oscillating processes, and every solution to this equation can be written in the form

y(t)=Acost+Bsint

where A=y(0) and B=y(0) are constants.

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