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Does there exist a real number α such that the number cosα is irrational, and all the numbers cos2α, cos3α, cos4α, cos5α are rational?

Prove that if you rotate through an angle of α with the center at the origin, the point with the coordinates (x,y), it goes to the point (xcosαysinα,xsinα+ycosα).

Prove the irrationality of the following numbers:

a) 317

b) 2+3

c) 2+3+5

d) 332

e) cos10

f) tan10

g) sin1

h) log23

Prove that for xπn (n is an integer) sinx and cosx are rational if and only if the number tanx/2 is rational.

Find the largest and smallest values of the functions

a) f1(x)=acosx+bsinx; b) f2(x)=acos2x+bcosxsinx+csin2x.

Prove the formulae: arcsin(x)=arcsinx, arccos(x)=πarccosx.