Saturday, August 9, 2014

Demonstrate that in the triangle ABC sinA + sinB + sinC

 We'll choose to set the function f(x) = sin x, on the bracket [0,pi](we don't have to forget that we are working in a triangle, where the sum of the angles is 180 degrees, meaning pi, if we're measuring the angles in radians.)


f'(x) = cos x, f"(x) = - sin x < 0, so the function is concave and we we'll apply the Jensen's inequality, which says that:


f[(A + B  + C)/3] > [f(A) + f(B) + f(C)]/3


Working in a triangle, A + B + C = 180 and (A +  B  + C)/3 = 180/3 = 60


f(60) = sin 60 = (sqrt 3)/2


[f(A) + f(B) + f(C)]/3 = (sin A + sin B + sin C)/3


Putting the results again in Jensen's inequality:


(sin A + sin B + sin C)/3 < (sqrt 3)/2


sin A + sin B + sin C < 3(sqrt 3)/2 q.e.d.

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