TITLE: Trigonometric product on quarter circle: $\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\sin\left(\frac{\pi k}{2n}+z\right)$
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: A well know trigonometric identity states that for all $z$:
$$\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\sin\left(\frac{\pi k}{n}+z\right)=\frac{2}{2^{n}}\csc\left(z\right)\sin\left(nz\right)$$
Is there any such formula for the quantity:
$$P(n,z)=\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\sin\left(\frac{\pi k}{2n}+z\right)$$
I'm particularly interested in lower and upper bounding the ratio
$$\frac{P^2(n,\alpha/n)}{P^2(n,\beta/n)}$$ when $n$ grows large.

REPLY [3 votes]: NOT A FULL ANSWER: I doubt that a nice closed form exists. However, I have rearranged a little bit, and found a special case at $z=0$.
$$\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\sin\left(\frac{\pi k}{2n}+z\right)$$
$$=\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\sin\left(\frac{\pi(n-k)}{2n}+z\right)$$
$$=\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{\pi k}{2n}+z\right)$$
$$=\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\cos\left(\frac{\pi k}{2n}-z\right)$$
and so
$$\bigg(\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\sin\left(\frac{\pi k}{2n}+z\right)\bigg)^2=
\bigg(\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\sin\left(\frac{\pi k}{2n}+z\right)\bigg)\bigg(\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\cos\left(\frac{\pi k}{2n}-z\right)\bigg)$$
$$=\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\sin\left(\frac{\pi k}{2n}+z\right)\cos\left(\frac{\pi k}{2n}-z\right)$$
Now recall the identity
$$\sin(A+B)\cos(A-B)=\frac{\sin(2A)+\sin(2B)}{2}$$
so that our original product is equal to
$$=\sqrt{\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\frac{\sin(\frac{\pi k}{n})+\sin(2z)}{2}}$$
$$=\sqrt{\frac{1}{2^{n-1}}\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\bigg(\sin\big(\frac{\pi k}{n}\big)+\sin(2z)\bigg)}$$
Yeah... this isn't going to get any neater. However, there is a nice special case at $z=0$:
$$=\sqrt{\frac{1}{2^{n-1}}\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\sin\frac{\pi k}{n}}$$
$$=\sqrt{\frac{1}{2^{n-1}}\cdot \frac{n}{2^{n-1}}}$$
$$=2^{1-n}\sqrt{n}$$
By the way, here's what Wolfram Alpha says: