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Unexpected result for tanx-secx=sqrt((1-sinx)//(1+sinx)) in Wolfram|Alpha?

Posted 8 years ago
tanx-secx=sqrt((1-sinx)/(1+sinx))

Here's the question

The wolfram said

Integer solutions:

2?n+1/2??x?2?n+?,n?Z

But the truth is

2?n+1/2??x?2?n+2/3?,n?Z

I don't know what's wrong with it.Is there anybody can help me?

Besides I'm poor at English,If there are grammatical errors,please forgive me.

POSTED BY: PpY SK

What input did you give Wolfram|Alpha, exactly? If I give

tan x-sec x=sqrt((1-sin x)/(1+sin x))

the output is more complicated than what you said. It also gives

2 pi n-pi<x<1/2 (4 pi n-pi),   n element Z

which covers the intervals between pi and 3/2pi. It seems that W|A misses just the solutions x=pi+2n Pi. Mathematica does not miss them. W|A also says "Integer solutions", which does not make much sense. As Wolfram Language plaintex input it gives

Reduce[-Sec[x] + Tan[x] == 
  Sqrt[(1 - Sin[x])/(1 + Sin[x])], x, Integers]

which seems to assume that you are searching for integer solutions only.

POSTED BY: Gianluca Gorni
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