Proof. Using the addition formula, together with (15.2) and the duplication formula (15.14), we obtain
Starting from the duplication formula
we obtain by differentiation,
Then, using
,
Thus
We factor these expressions, writing
:
Since
,
The discriminant
of
is given by
. Thus the roots of
are
Therefore
, thus the substitution
gives
Therefore
, where
This gives (15.39):
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