On generalized trigonometric functions and series of rational functions

Abstract

Here we introduce a way to construct generalized trigonometric functions associated with any complex polynomials, and the well known trigonometric functions can be seen to associate with polynomial $x^2-1$. We will show that those generalized trigonometric functions have algebraic identities which generalizes the well known $\sin^2(x)+\cos^2(x)=1$. One application of the generalized trigonometric functions is evaluating infinite series of rational functions.