Sin value

Geometry Level 3

sin ( π 14 ) sin ( 3 π 14 ) sin ( 5 π 14 ) sin ( 7 π 14 ) = ? \large \sin\left(\dfrac { \pi }{ 14} \right)\sin\left(\dfrac { 3\pi }{ 14 }\right) \sin\left(\dfrac { 5\pi }{ 14 }\right) \sin\left(\dfrac { 7\pi }{ 14 }\right) = \ ?


The answer is 0.125.

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1 solution

Pi Han Goh
Aug 24, 2015

Let I I denote the value of the expression, since all the angles given are in the first two quadrants, sine of these angles are strictly positive, so I > 0 I > 0 . With sin ( π A ) = sin ( A ) \sin(\pi - A) = \sin(A) and A = π 14 A = \frac\pi{14} . We have I 2 = sin ( A ) sin ( 3 A ) sin ( 5 A ) sin ( 7 A ) sin ( 9 A ) sin ( 11 A ) sin ( 13 A ) I^2 = \sin(A) \sin(3A) \sin(5A) \sin(7A) \sin(9A) \sin(11A) \sin(13A) .

Consider the Chebyshev polynomial, sin ( 7 x ) = 1 \sin(7x) = 1 . then it has roots A , 3 A , 5 A , 7 A , 9 A , 11 A , 13 A A,3A,5A,7A,9A,11A,13A . With the properties of Chebyshev polynomial, we can expand sin ( 7 x ) \sin(7x) to be

sin ( 7 x ) = 2 7 1 sin 7 ( x ) + sin ( x ) ( ) \sin(7x) = -2^{7-1}\sin^7(x) + \sin(x) (\ldots )

Thus by Vieta's formula, we have I 2 = 1 2 7 1 I = 1 8 I^2 = \dfrac {-1}{-2^{7-1}} \Rightarrow I = \boxed{\dfrac18} .

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