Differentiation gives
The initial conditions set the constant to one, so
the Pythagorean trigonometric identity.
Since , Taylor theorem with Lagrange remainder gives
for some , while
for some . The intermediate value theorem supplies with . The sine addition formula gives . The analogous cosine addition formula gives , so
Thus is a periodic function.
The electric potential of a point charge at the origin is
For the two charges forming the dipole,
The first-order Taylor expansion at large is
and therefore, with the electric dipole moment ,
to leading order. Taking the interaction of a second dipole with the corresponding electric field gives the stated electric dipole-dipole interaction
Let the lattice spacing be and write the central dipole as
Its two horizontal neighbours have moment . For either one, the expression in parentheses, after extracting , is
Its two vertical neighbours have moment , and each contributes instead
Adding all four nearest-neighbour interactions and using the Pythagorean trigonometric identity gives
The angle has cancelled, so the energy is independent of .
Using and the Pythagorean trigonometric identity,
so the speed is independent of . Since ,
and the speed tends to zero at the vertex. The steady irrotational Bernoulli equation gives
Thus the fluid pressure is also independent of , with
In particular, the pressure difference between the vertex and is