| Description |
xiv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-227) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Ahmes the Scribe, 1650 B.C. -- Recreational mathematics in ancient Egypt. Angles -- Chords -- Plimpton 322 : the earliest trigonometric table? Six functions come of age -- Johann Muller alias Regiomonianus. Trigonometry becomes analytic -- Francois Viete. Measuring heaven and earth -- Abraham De Moivre. Two theorems from geometry -- Epicycloids and Hypocycloids -- Maria Agnesi and her "Witch". Variations on a theme by Gauss -- Had Zeno only known this! -- (sin x) / x -- A remarkable formula -- Jules Lissajous and his figures. tan x -- A mapmaker's paradise --sin x = 2: imaginary trigonometry -- Edmund Landau : the master rigorist. Fourier's Theorem -- Appendixes: let's revive an old idea -- Barrow's Integration of sec [phi] -- Some trigonometric gems -- Some special values of sin [alpha]. |
| Subject |
Trigonometry.
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| ISBN |
0691057540 alkaline paper |
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