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You could just as easily say there are zero trigonometric functions and do everything in terms of complex exponentiation. Euler's Formula guides the way: http:
by derleth 13y ago
You could just as easily say there are zero trigonometric functions and do everything in terms of complex exponentiation. Euler's Formula guides the way:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler's_formula http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler's_formula
http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/eulers-formula.html http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/eulers-formula.html
My point is that there are multiple ways to express the underlying concepts here and picking the most appropriate way for the current context is a large part of what you learn when you learn more advanced mathematics.
- RodericDay 13y agoFor the love of god can you people PLEASE stop doing this? Taking a glance at a page, assuming the writer is an idiot, whipping up a quick one-upper, and a bunch of upvotes to go along with it? LOOK: I must admit I was a bit disappointed when I looked these up. They’re all just simple combinations of dear old sine and cosine. Why did they even get names?! From a time and place where I can sit on my couch and find the sine of any angle correct to 100 decimal places nearly instantaneously using an online calculator, the versine is unnecessary. But these seemingly superfluous functions filled needs in a pre-calculator world. It's just a neat informative article, not a challenge to your manhood ffs
- derleth 13y ago> It's just a neat informative article, not a challenge to your manhood ffs Aside from the completely unfounded assumption I must be male, you completely misread my post. I was just pointing out something tangentially related that I feel to be interesting. Nothing else. Any other emotions you feel are entirely your own.