Trigonometry

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All of the trigonometric functions of an angle θ can be constructed geometrically in terms of a unit circle
centered at O.

Trigonometry

 Outline
 History
 Usage
 Functions (inverse)
 Generalized trigonometry

Reference

 Identities
 Exact constants
  Tables
 Unit circle

Laws and theorems

 Sines
 Cosines
 Tangents
 Cotangents
 Pythagorean theorem

Calculus

 Trigonometric substitution
 Integrals (inverse functions)
 Derivatives

 v
 t
 e

Trigonometry (from Greek trigōnon, "triangle" and metron, "measure"[1]) is a branch

of mathematics that studies relationships between side lengths and angles of triangles. The field
emerged in the Hellenistic world during the 3rd century BC from applications
of geometry to astronomical studies.[2] In particular, 3rd-century astronomers first noted[citation
needed]
that the ratio of the lengths of two sides of a right-angled triangle depends only on one acute
angleof the triangle. These dependencies are now called trigonometric functions.
Trigonometry is the foundation of all applied geometry, including geodesy, surveying, celestial
mechanics, solid mechanics, and navigation.
Trigonometric functions have been extended as functions of a real or complex variable, which
are today pervasive in all mathematics.