Is There Any Inverse Trigonometric Identity?

Geometry Level 5

f ( x ) = ( arcsin ( x ) ) 3 + ( arccos ( x ) ) 3 \large \displaystyle f(x) = (\arcsin(x))^3 + (\arccos(x))^3

If the sum of the maximum and minimum values of the function f : R R f \colon \mathbb R \to \mathbb R can be expressed as a π b c \displaystyle \dfrac{a { \pi}^{b}}{c} , where a , b a,b and c c are positive integers with a , c a,c coprime, find a + b + c a+b+c .


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Based on a 12 Standard Math problem


The answer is 64.

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1 solution

Chew-Seong Cheong
Mar 16, 2016

Let arcsin x = α \arcsin x = \alpha and arccos x = β \arccos x = \beta , then we have:

{ sin α = x cos α = 1 x 2 cos β = x sin β = 1 x 2 \begin{cases} \sin \alpha = x & \Rightarrow \cos \alpha = \sqrt{1-x^2} \\ \cos \beta = x & \Rightarrow \sin \beta = \sqrt{1-x^2} \end{cases}

sin ( α + β ) = sin α cos β + cos α sin β = x 2 + 1 x 2 = 1 α + β = π 2 β = π 2 α \begin{aligned} \Rightarrow \sin (\alpha + \beta) & = \sin \alpha \cos \beta + \cos \alpha \sin \beta \\ & = x^2 + 1 - x^2 \\ & = 1 \\ \Rightarrow \alpha + \beta & = \frac{\pi}{2} \\ \Rightarrow \beta & = \frac{\pi}{2} - \alpha \end{aligned}

Now, we have:

f ( x ) = α 3 + β 3 = α 3 + ( π 2 α ) 3 = α 3 + ( π 3 8 3 π 2 α 4 + 3 π α 2 2 α 3 ) = π 8 ( 12 α 2 6 π α + π 2 ) = 12 π 8 ( α 2 π α 2 + π 2 12 ) = 3 π 2 ( [ α π 4 ] 2 + π 2 48 ) for α = arcsin x [ π 2 , π 2 ] \begin{aligned} f(x) & = \alpha^3 + \beta^3 \\ & = \alpha^3 + \left( \frac{\pi}{2} - \alpha\right)^3 \\ & = \alpha^3 + \left(\frac{\pi^3}{8} - \frac{3\pi^2\alpha}{4} + \frac{3\pi \alpha^2}{2} - \alpha^3 \right) \\ & = \frac{\pi}{8} \left(12\alpha^2 - 6\pi \alpha + \pi^2 \right) \\ & = \frac{12\pi}{8} \left(\alpha^2 - \frac{\pi \alpha}{2} + \frac{\pi^2}{12} \right) \\ & = \frac{3\pi}{2} \left( \left[\alpha - \frac{\pi}{4}\right]^2 + \frac{\pi^2}{48} \right) \quad \text{for } \alpha = \arcsin x \in \left[-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2}\right] \end{aligned}

We note that f ( x ) > 0 f(x) > 0 and it is maximum when α = π 2 \alpha = - \frac{\pi}{2} and minimum, α = π 4 \alpha = \frac{\pi}{4} . Therefore, we have:

f m a x ( x ) = 3 π 2 ( [ π 2 π 4 ] 2 + π 2 48 ) = 3 π 2 ( 9 π 2 16 + π 2 48 ) = 7 π 3 8 f m i n ( x ) = 3 π 2 ( [ π 4 π 4 ] 2 + π 2 48 ) = π 3 32 f m a x ( x ) + f m i n ( x ) = 7 π 3 8 + π 3 32 = 29 π 3 32 \begin{aligned} f_{max}(x) & = \frac{3\pi}{2}\left( \left[- \frac{\pi}{2} - \frac{\pi}{4}\right]^2 + \frac{\pi^2}{48} \right) = \frac{3\pi}{2} \left(\frac{9\pi^2}{16} + \frac{\pi^2}{48} \right) = \frac{7\pi^3}{8} \\ f_{min}(x) & = \frac{3\pi}{2}\left( \left[\frac{\pi}{4} - \frac{\pi}{4}\right]^2 + \frac{\pi^2}{48} \right) = \frac{\pi^3}{32} \\ \Rightarrow f_{max}(x) + f_{min}(x) & = \frac{7\pi^3}{8} + \frac{\pi^3}{32} = \frac{29\pi^3}{32} \end{aligned}

a + b + c = 29 + 3 + 32 = 64 \Rightarrow a + b + c = 29 + 3 + 32 = \boxed{64}

I did it by using the a 3 + b 3 a^{3}+b^{3} identity, but our methods are essentially the same :) Amazing solution, as usual, and thanks for it ! Cheers!

B.S.Bharath Sai Guhan - 5 years, 3 months ago

Sir why did you assumed α [ π 2 , π 2 ] \alpha \in [-\frac{\pi}{2},\frac{\pi}{2}] ?

Akshay Yadav - 5 years, 3 months ago

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It's by definition of inverse trig functions

Miraj Shah - 5 years, 3 months ago

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Excuse me, but isn't Arccos (x) defined in [0;pi]? Hence isn't the function defined in the intersection of the two domains [0,pi/2]? In this case we have the minimum at the same point but the maximum on 0 or pi/2. Thanks, I'm sorry for my bad english.

Davide Calza - 5 years, 3 months ago

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@Davide Calza You are right. But I defined α = arcsin x \alpha = \arcsin x and β = arccos x \beta = \arccos x .

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 3 months ago

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@Chew-Seong Cheong Right, sorry for the stupid question, thinking about It one minute more, i've made a bad mistake! Thanks for the answer

Davide Calza - 5 years, 3 months ago

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@Davide Calza It is okay.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 3 months ago

α = arcsin x [ π 2 , π 2 ] \alpha = \arcsin x \in [-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2} ]

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 3 months ago

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Thanks Miraj Shah and Chew-Seong Cheong !

Akshay Yadav - 5 years, 3 months ago

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@Akshay Yadav Sorry think I made the same mistake! Can you explain please Akshay?

Kyran Gaypinathan - 5 years, 3 months ago

As Usual Awesome! :)

Prakhar Bindal - 5 years, 3 months ago

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