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Division of the Circumference , General Ideas relating to the Trigonometrical Lines , Theorems and Formulas relating to the Sines , Cosines , Tangents , & c . Construction and Description of the Tables , Description of Table of ...
Division of the Circumference , General Ideas relating to the Trigonometrical Lines , Theorems and Formulas relating to the Sines , Cosines , Tangents , & c . Construction and Description of the Tables , Description of Table of ...
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This proposition is equivalent to the algebraical formula , ( a - b ) 2 = a2 - 2ab + b2 . J. PROPOSITION X. THEOREM . D The rectangle contained by the sum and the difference of two lines , is equivalent to the difference of the squares ...
This proposition is equivalent to the algebraical formula , ( a - b ) 2 = a2 - 2ab + b2 . J. PROPOSITION X. THEOREM . D The rectangle contained by the sum and the difference of two lines , is equivalent to the difference of the squares ...
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We shall first explain the properties of those lines , and the principal formulas derived from them ; formulas which are of great use in all the branches of mathematics , and which even furnish means of improvement to algebraical ...
We shall first explain the properties of those lines , and the principal formulas derived from them ; formulas which are of great use in all the branches of mathematics , and which even furnish means of improvement to algebraical ...
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... may both be expressed analytically , and in the same general formula , it is necessary to consider all lines which are estimated in one direction as positive , and those which are estimated in the contrary direction as negative .
... may both be expressed analytically , and in the same general formula , it is necessary to consider all lines which are estimated in one direction as positive , and those which are estimated in the contrary direction as negative .
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But this expression cannot be derived from the formula , S ' B N 10 ( R E M S T A ver - sin AM - R - cos AM , unless we suppose the cosine AM to become negative as soon as the arc AM becomes greater than a quadrant .
But this expression cannot be derived from the formula , S ' B N 10 ( R E M S T A ver - sin AM - R - cos AM , unless we suppose the cosine AM to become negative as soon as the arc AM becomes greater than a quadrant .
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| Title | Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry |
| Author | Adrien Marie Legendre |
| Editor | Charles Davies |
| Translated by | David Brewster |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes and Company, 1834 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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