Los siguientes resultado general retenciones:
tan(x1+x2+⋯+xn)=s1−s3+s5−s7+⋯1−s2+s4−s6+⋯
donde
s1=tanx1+tanx2+⋯+tanxn:sum of the tangents taken one at a time s2=tanx1tanx2+tanx1tanx3+⋯:sum of the tangents taken two at a time
etc.
Esto se puede demostrar por inducción.
Así,
\begin{align} &\tan 60^\circ=\tan(\underbrace{1^\circ+1^\circ+\cdots+1^\circ}_\text{60 times})\\\\\\ \\=&\dfrac{\displaystyle{60 \choose 1}\tan 1^\circ-{60 \choose 3}\tan^3 1^\circ+\cdots-{60 \choose 59}\tan^{59}1^\circ} {\displaystyle 1-{60 \choose 2}\tan^2 1^\circ+{60 \choose 4}\tan^4 1^\circ+\cdots+{60 \choose 60}\tan^{60} 1^\circ}\\\\\\\\ \\=&\dfrac{\displaystyle\sum^{29}_{i=0}{60\choose 2i+1}(-1)^i\tan^{2i+1} 1^\circ} {\displaystyle\sum^{30}_{i=0}{60\choose 2i}(-1)^i\tan^{2i} 1^\circ}. \end{align}