trigonometric

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If verified, Johnson and Jackson’s proof would contradict mathematician and educator Elisha Loomis, who stated in his 1927 book The Pythagorean Proposition that no trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem could be correct.

From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2023

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

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

In this section, we will see another way to define trigonometric functions using properties of right triangles.

From Textbooks • Dec. 1, 2021

“That last trigonometric function wasn’t as easy as it looked.”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali