Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ia Paper 1 9D b iii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
Differentiation givesThe initial conditions set the constant to one, sothe Pythagorean trigonometric identity.
Since , Taylor theorem with Lagrange remainder givesfor some , whilefor some . The intermediate value theorem supplies with . The sine addition formula gives . The analogous cosine addition formula gives , soThus is a periodic function.