Many trigonometric series simplify and add in a very satisfying way.
is a geometric sequence with first term
and common ratio
so we can use the formula for the sum of a geometric sequence to find the sum of the series.

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so


In general
Sums like these lead naturally to proofs by induction and are generally quite easy to prove.