Description: Ptolemy's Theorem. This theorem is named after the Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus). This particular version is expressed using the sine function. It is proved by expanding all the multiplication of sines to a product of cosines of differences using sinmul , then using algebraic simplification to show that both sides are equal. This formalization is based on the proof in "Trigonometry" by Gelfand and Saul. This is Metamath 100 proof #95. (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 31-May-2015)
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