Kevin Frangakis’ students were tasked with measuring the Bridgeton High School’s (BHS) flag pole using applied trigonometry, literally. Opposite them were a trio from Fralinger Engineering who ...

When applied to an angle measure, the three trigonometric functions produce the various combinations of ratios of side lengths. ... Trigonometry isn’t limited to just right triangles.

Old Babylonian tablet likely used for surveying uses Pythagorean triples at least 1,000 years before Pythagoras An Australian ...

How Trigonometry Shapes the World,” Matt Parker recounts, for instance, how computers were a “game-changer in the field of ...

The mathematical study of triangles has just got a whole lot simpler, according to a researcher who says his new theory of trigonometry is easier to use and more accurate. Associate Professor ...

A new study claims the tablet could be one of the oldest contributions to the the study of trigonometry, but some remain skeptical. 1:28 Solving an Ancient Tablet's Mathematical Mystery ...

Trigonometry is the branch of math that studies triangles, with a particular focus on the relationships between angles and the lengths of corresponding sides. Interestingly enough, the ...

Trigonometric sums and summation formulas have long served ... involving Bernoulli numbers and higher-order tangent constants—has provided new insights into both theoretical and applied ...

IN this volume the authors “have tried to recapture the spirit of some of the writers of a few generations ago who looked on Trigonometry as a branch of applied rather than of pure mathematics”.

Praxis the robot and Alan the “human man” attempt to land a plane using their knowledge of trigonometry. Luckily, the plane is full of ancient mathematicians who fill in some history of the ...