How can I prove \(\displaystyle\sqrt{{{{\sin}^{{2}}{\left({x}\right)}}}}\ne{\sin{{\left({x}\right)}}}\)

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2022-03-24

How can I prove sin2(x)sin(x)

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Karsyn Wu

Karsyn Wu

Beginner2022-03-25Added 17 answers

A lot of people like to consider the square root f:xx as the inverse function of the square g:xx2. This is true if you consider g as a function on I=[0,). Then you get fg(x)=x=gf(x) for all xI.
Nevertheless, you can consider the composition fg not just on I but on R and you get fg(x)=|x|, therefore fg is not the identity on R. For a function h we can conclude fgh=h is true if and only if h(x)0 for all x, because if there exists x0 such that h(x0)<0, then fgh(x0)=|h(x0)|=h(x0)>0>h(x0).
And that is the case for sin on R since sin(32π)=1<0 and therefore sin2(32π)=|sin(32π)|=11=sin(32π).
Otherwise you can consider J=[0,π] restricted on sin(x)0 and you get xJ for all xJ and then sin2(x)=|sin(x)|=sin(x).
You see that the statement depends on the domain of x.

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