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The Trigonometric Functions
Course Topic(s): One-Variable Calculus | History of Calculus
Essay giving a brief overview of the history of the trigonometric functions from ancient Babylon and Greece to medieval India and Europe to more modern times. References.
Resource URL: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/Trigonometric_functions.html
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Subject classification(s):
Single Variable Calculus
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Calculus
Creator(s): J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson
Contributor(s): J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson
This resource was cataloged by Janet Beery
Publisher:MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
Resource copyright: St. Andrews University, Scotland; MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
This review was published on February 11, 2011
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