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Is it possible to see the steps of TrigFactor, Simplify, and others?

Posted 9 years ago
POSTED BY: Douglas Kubler

Short: Mathematica can't

However: Wolfram Alpha might

Alternatively the following gives some insight. When you have an expression that is just the sum of sines and cosines and powers, generally converting to exponentials and (re)combining them gives simpler expressions:

-2 Sin[\[Beta]/2 - \[Gamma]/2] Sin[\[Beta]/2 + \[Gamma]/2]
TrigToExp[%]
ExpToTrig[%]
POSTED BY: Sander Huisman
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