MKEvans
Jun 29, 2010, 10:19 AM
Can you help me to establish identity of csc^2u-csc u sec u=cot^2 u
galactus
Jun 29, 2010, 10:37 AM
This is not a valid identity.
csc^{2}(u)-csc(u)sec(u)=cot^{2}(u)
Even solving as an equation it has no solutions in the reals.
Are you sure there is no typo?
There are a few identities to keep in mind.
csc^{2}(x)-1=cot^{2}(x)
By the given problem, then csc(x)sec(x)=1.
This is not true regardless of the value of x.
Here is a graph of cot^{2}(x) and csc^{2}(x)-csc(x)sec(x).
If they were equal, then the graph of each would overlap and be the same. They are not.