trigonometric

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Their work joins a handful of other trigonometric proofs that were added to the mathematical archives over the years.

From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2023

“A lot of the basic trig ‘identities’ are nothing more than Pythagoras’ theorem,” explains Anderson, referring to equations that describe relationships among different trigonometric functions.

From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2023

Over time, Bogomolny added more trigonometric proofs to the site: one such proof could be written in just four lines.

From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2023

The even-odd identities relate the value of a trigonometric function at a given angle to the value of the function at the opposite angle and determine whether the identity is odd or even.

From Textbooks • Dec. 1, 2021

They turned their desks into a trigonometric war room, poring over equations, scrawling ideas on blackboards, evaluating their work, erasing it, starting over.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly