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Question: convert(cos(Pi/2^n),radical)

Question:convert(cos(Pi/2^n),radical)

digerdiga 390 Maple 2019
convert radical trig
April 15 2020
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Hello, I was wondering about the following.

cos(Pi/2^n) can be converted to a radical for each integer n, because cos(Pi/2)=0 is known and successively

cos(x)=sqrt( (1+cos(2x))/2 )

so in principle radical expressions should exist for all integers n. But maple only converts cos(Pi/8) to a radical, but not cos(Pi/16) and higher powers. Is there a simple way without writing an own program to obtain these radical expressions using convert(*,radical)?
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