Show that \forall x \in \mathbb{R} \cos (\cos x) > \sin (\sin x) I've tried the obvi

Dereon Guzman

Dereon Guzman

Answered question

2022-05-03

Show that xR cos(cosx)>sin(sinx)
I've tried the obvious thing to do:
φ:xcos(cosx)sin(sinx)
φ(x)=sin(cosx)sinxcos(sinx)cosx
I'd like to show now that φ is a positive function for all xR, but the derivative does not look friendly so either there's something with φ. I'm not seeing or it's not the right way. Any hint or idea?

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eldgamliru9x

eldgamliru9x

Beginner2022-05-04Added 16 answers

We know that |sin(x)|<|x|, which I assume is taken to be known, since you differentiated sin(x). Hence, it follows from this and Pythagorean identities that
cos2(cos(x))=1sin2(cos(x))>1cos2(x)=sin2(x)
sin2(sin(x))<sin2(x)
Thus, it follows that
cos2(cos(x))>sin2(x)>sin2(sin(x))
And since cos(cos(x))[cos(1),1]cos(cos(x))>0 and a2>b2|a|>|b|b,it follows that
cos2(cos(x))>sin2(sin(x))
|cos(cos(x))|>|sin(sin(x))|sin(sin(x))

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