Journey to Euler's identity

How to come up with trigonometry, calculus, complex numbers and Euler's identity!

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Step 1: Basics

\[ sin(a + b) = sin(a)cos(b) + sin(b)cos(a) \] \[ cos(a + b) = cos(a)cos(b) - sin(a)sin(b) \] \[ \lim_{x \to a}{(f(x) + g(x))} = \lim_{x \to a}{f(x)} + \lim_{x \to a}{g(x)} \]

First remarkable (wonderful) limit:

\[ \lim_{\Delta x \to 0}\frac{sin(\Delta x)}{\Delta x} = 1 \] \[ \lim_{\Delta x \to 0}\frac{cos(\Delta x) - 1}{\Delta x} = 0 \]

Step 2: Derivatives for sin and cos

\[ sin'(x) = \lim_{\Delta x \to 0}\frac{sin(x + \Delta x) - sin(x)}{\Delta x} = \lim_{\Delta x \to 0}\frac{sin(x)cos(\Delta x) + sin(\Delta x)cos(x) - sin(x)}{\Delta x} \] \[ \lim_{\Delta x \to 0}\frac{sin(\Delta x)cos(x)}{\Delta x} + \lim_{\Delta x \to 0}\frac{sin(x)cos(\Delta x) - sin(x)}{\Delta x} \] \[ \lim_{\Delta x \to 0}\frac{sin(\Delta x)cos(x)}{\Delta x} + \lim_{\Delta x \to 0}\frac{sin(x)(cos(\Delta x) - 1)}{\Delta x} \] \[ cos(x)\lim_{\Delta x \to 0}\frac{sin(\Delta x)}{\Delta x} + sin(x)\lim_{\Delta x \to 0}\frac{cos(\Delta x) - 1}{\Delta x} \] \[ cos(x) \cdot 1 + sin(x) \cdot 0 \] \[ cos(x) \]
\[ cos'(x) = \lim_{\Delta x \to 0}\frac{cos(x + \Delta x) - cos(x)}{\Delta x} \]
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