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Qalculate! library and CLI
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Does not understand trig identity cos 2x = 1 − 2 sin(x)^2 #689

Open Whodiduexpect opened 1 month ago

Whodiduexpect commented 1 month ago
> cos 2x = 1 − 2 sin(x)^2

  cos((2 × x) radians) = (1 − (2 × sin(x radians)²))

  cos(2x) + 2 × sin(x)² = 1

This should evaluate to true. This can cause libqalculate to fail to isolate x on seemingly simple equations.