Problem

Source: Taiwan 2nd TST 2005, final exam, first day, problem 1

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Prove that \[\displaystyle \sum_{\{i,j,k\}=\{1,2,3\}} \csc ^{13} \frac{2^i \pi}{7}\csc ^{14} \frac{2^j \pi}{7}\csc ^{2005} \frac{2^k\pi}{7}\] is rational. Here, $(i,j,k)$ is summed over all possible permutations of $(1,2,3)$.