Maximum Value of trig

Geometry Level 3

m = 1 n cos ( A m ) \large \prod_{m=1}^n \cos(A_m)

For angles 0 A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , , A n 9 0 0\leq A_1,A_2,A_3,\ldots ,A_n\leq 90^\circ , find the maximum value of the product above with the restriction of m = 1 n cot ( A m ) = 1 \displaystyle \prod_{m=1}^n \cot(A_m) = 1 .

1 2 n \frac1{2^n} 1 2 n \frac1{2n} 1 2 n / 2 \frac1{2^{n/2}} 2 2 1 1

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1 solution

Kartik Kulkarni
Feb 10, 2021

So first take i = m n \prod_{i=m}^n (cos {A m})=x

And from the restriction, you have i = m n \prod_{i=m}^n (cos {A m})= i = m n \prod_{i=m}^n (sin {A m})

take sin(2a)=2 sin(a) cos(a)

And finally, you get ( x 2 ) (x^{2}) * ( 2 n ) (2^{n}) = i = m n \prod_{i=m}^n (sin2 {A m))

Now, think about the maximum possible value of i = m n \prod_{i=m}^n (sin2 {A m)), and you can see that the answer is 1, when each angle will be pi/4.

and you may also notice that the maximum value of x can be obtained from the maximum value of i = m n \prod_{i=m}^n (sin2 {A m))

And thus because the above solution also satisfies the given restriction i = m n \prod_{i=m}^n (cot {A m)) =1,

We get ( x 2 ) (x^{2}) * ( 2 n ) (2^{n}) =1

Therefore x = 1 2 n 2 \frac{1}{2^{\frac{n}{2}}}

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