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§4.14 Definitions and Periodicity

4.14.1\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z=\frac{e^{{iz}}-e^{{-iz}}}{2i},
4.14.2\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z=\frac{e^{{iz}}+e^{{-iz}}}{2},
4.14.4\mathop{\tan\/}\nolimits z=\frac{\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z}{\mathop{\cos\/}%
\nolimits z},
4.14.5\mathop{\csc\/}\nolimits z=\frac{1}{\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z},
4.14.6\mathop{\sec\/}\nolimits z=\frac{1}{\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z},
4.14.7\mathop{\cot\/}\nolimits z=\frac{\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z}{\mathop{\sin\/}%
\nolimits z}=\frac{1}{\mathop{\tan\/}\nolimits z}.

The functions \mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z and \mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z are entire. In \Complex the zeros of \mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z are z=k\pi, k\in\Integer; the zeros of \mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z are z=\left(k+\tfrac{1}{2}\right)\pi, k\in\Integer. The functions \mathop{\tan\/}\nolimits z, \mathop{\csc\/}\nolimits z, \mathop{\sec\/}\nolimits z, and \mathop{\cot\/}\nolimits z are meromorphic, and the locations of their zeros and poles follow from (4.14.4) to (4.14.7).

For k\in\Integer

4.14.8\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits\!\left(z+2k\pi\right)=\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z,
4.14.9\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits\!\left(z+2k\pi\right)=\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z,
4.14.10\mathop{\tan\/}\nolimits\!\left(z+k\pi\right)=\mathop{\tan\/}\nolimits z.