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  2. atan2 - Wikipedia

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    atan2(y, x) returns the angle θ between the positive x-axis and the ray from the origin to the point (x, y), confined to (−π, π].Graph of ⁡ (,) over /. In computing and mathematics, the function atan2 is the 2-argument arctangent.

  3. List of trigonometric identities - Wikipedia

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    A formula for computing the trigonometric identities for the one-third angle exists, but it requires finding the zeroes of the cubic equation 4x 3 − 3x + d = 0, where is the value of the cosine function at the one-third angle and d is the known value of the cosine function at the full angle.

  4. Machin-like formula - Wikipedia

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    Two equations are used so that one can check they both give the same result; it is helpful if the equations used to cross-check the result reuse some of the arctangent arguments (note the reuse of 57 and 239 above), so that the process can be simplified by only computing them once, but not all of them, in order to preserve their independence.

  5. Small-angle approximation - Wikipedia

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    The red section on the right, d, is the difference between the lengths of the hypotenuse, H, and the adjacent side, A.As is shown, H and A are almost the same length, meaning cos θ is close to 1 and ⁠ θ 2 / 2 ⁠ helps trim the red away.

  6. Proofs of trigonometric identities - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of the sum formula. Draw a horizontal line (the x -axis); mark an origin O. Draw a line from O at an angle α {\displaystyle \alpha } above the horizontal line and a second line at an angle β {\displaystyle \beta } above that; the angle between the second line and the x -axis is α + β . {\displaystyle \alpha +\beta .}

  7. Solution of triangles - Wikipedia

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    For the spherical case, one can first compute the length of side from the point at α to the ship (i.e. the side opposite to β) via the ASA formula ⁡ = ⁡ ⁡ ⁡ (+) + ⁡ ⁡ (), and insert this into the AAS formula for the right subtriangle that contains the angle α and the sides b and d: ⁡ = ⁡ ⁡ = ⁡ + ⁡ ⁡. (The planar ...

  8. Arctangent series - Wikipedia

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    The extremely slow convergence of the arctangent series for | | makes this formula impractical per se. Kerala-school mathematicians used additional correction terms to speed convergence. John Machin (1706) expressed ⁠ 1 4 π {\displaystyle {\tfrac {1}{4}}\pi } ⁠ as a sum of arctangents of smaller values, eventually resulting in a variety of ...

  9. Trigonometric functions - Wikipedia

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    Basis of trigonometry: if two right triangles have equal acute angles, they are similar, so their corresponding side lengths are proportional.. In mathematics, the trigonometric functions (also called circular functions, angle functions or goniometric functions) [1] are real functions which relate an angle of a right-angled triangle to ratios of two side lengths.