International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 30 (2002), Issue 3, Pages 185-191
doi:10.1155/S0161171202007731

On some trigonometric power sums

Hongwei Chen

Department of Mathematics, Christopher Newport University, Newport News 23606, VA, USA

Received 17 June 2001

Copyright © 2002 Hongwei Chen. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Using the generating function method, the closed formulas for various power sums of trigonometric functions are established. The computer algebra system Maple is used to carry out the complex calculations.