Sum to Product Identity for Cosine Function
stpifc
\cos \alpha + \cos \beta = 2\cos\dfrac{\alpha +\beta }{2} \cos\dfrac{\alpha -\beta }{2}
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Derivation 1
Using Sum to Product Identities
\cos\alpha\cos \beta = \dfrac{1}{2} [\cos(\alpha+\beta ) +\cos(\alpha - \beta) ]
(1)
\sin \alpha\sin \beta = \dfrac{1}{2} [\cos(\alpha-\beta ) - \cos(\alpha + \beta) ]
(2)
Let \alpha = \dfrac{s+t}{2} , \beta =\dfrac{s-t}{2} , then
\cos(\alpha-\beta) = t, \cos(\alpha+\beta ) = s
Replacement in (1), (2) yields
\cos s + \cos t = 2\cos\dfrac{s +t }{2} \cos\dfrac{s -t }{2}
\cos s - \cos t = -2\sin\dfrac{s +t }{2} \sin\dfrac{s -t }{2}
So we have derived the Sum to Product Identities for Cosine Functions
\cos \alpha + \cos \beta = 2\cos\dfrac{\alpha +\beta }{2} \cos\dfrac{\alpha -\beta }{2}
\cos \alpha - \cos \beta = -2\sin\dfrac{\alpha +\beta }{2} \sin\dfrac{\alpha -\beta }{2}