This clay tablet written around the year 1800 B.C.E. may represent the oldest known use of trigonometry UNSW / Andrew Kelly A new analysis of a long-studied Babylonian tablet suggests that ...

Most trigonometry students look at triangles on a flat surface. However, people from ancient astronomers to modern navigators calculated the arc lengths and angles of triangles on a sphere. They used ...

In 2022, two high school students created a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean Theorem—something that’s only ever been accomplished by a few professional mathematicians. Now, a new article not ...

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Mastering degree-radian conversions is crucial for trigonometry and calculus. Radians simplify mathematical formulas, especially in calculus where trigonometric function derivatives rely on radian ...

Most every kid learns a² + b² = c² in math. Pythagoras, right? Wrong. Babylonians used trigonometry 1,000 years before the Greeks. Time to rewrite history? This unassuming clay tablet may yet turn the ...