Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 28 (2025), Article 25.2.3

Areas Between Cosines


Muhammad Adam Dombrowski
Pennsbury High School
Fairless Hills, PA 19030
USA

Gregory Dresden
Washington & Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
USA

Abstract:

We find the area between cosn x and cosn kx over the interval [0, π] as k goes to infinity. We establish recursive formulas for these areas, and we show that these areas are related to the coefficients of two exponential generating functions involving arcsin x.


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(Concerned with sequences A000129 A001818 A002454 A006882 A177145 A296726 A359311 A372324.)


Received July 20 2024; revised version received January 18 2025. Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, March 10 2025.


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