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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 ia Paper 1 12F b ii Solution by
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Since the common radius of convergence is infinite, the termwise differentiation of a power series theorem applies on the entire real line. For the even series, differentiation and the index change giveThe odd series similarly gives . Thus everywhere. By the product rule,The mean value theorem implies that a differentiable function with zero derivative is constant on the real line. At zero, the series give and . Consequently . This derives the identity from the power series without assuming a trigonometric identity in advance.
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