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A student attempts to use the small angle to simplify the function

f(θ)=sin(cos(θ))

Here is their working:

Suppose θ is close to 0. By the small angle approximation,

f(θ)=sin(cos(θ))sin(1θ22)1θ22

Explain why the student's reasoning is invalid.


When θ is small, what can we say about

1θ22

?