IMO 1963 Q5 #
Prove that cos (π / 7) - cos (2 * π / 7) + cos (3 * π / 7) = 1 / 2
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The main idea of the proof is to multiply both sides by 2 * sin (π / 7)
, then the result follows
through basic algebraic manipulations with the use of some trigonometric identities.