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  2. Tangent - Wikipedia

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    Tangent line to a space curve. In mathematics, a tangent vector is a vector that is tangent to a curve or surface at a given point. Tangent vectors are described in the differential geometry of curves in the context of curves in R n. More generally, tangent vectors are elements of a tangent space of a differentiable manifold.

  3. Trigonometric functions - Wikipedia

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    The tangent line to the unit circle at the point A, is perpendicular to , and intersects the y - and x-axes at points = (,) and = (,). The coordinates of these points give the values of all trigonometric functions for any arbitrary real value of θ in the following manner.

  4. Tangent lines to circles - Wikipedia

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    Tangent lines to circles. In Euclidean plane geometry, a tangent line to a circle is a line that touches the circle at exactly one point, never entering the circle's interior. Tangent lines to circles form the subject of several theorems, and play an important role in many geometrical constructions and proofs.

  5. List of trigonometric identities - Wikipedia

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    Viète. de Moivre. Euler. Fourier. v. t. e. In trigonometry, trigonometric identities are equalities that involve trigonometric functions and are true for every value of the occurring variables for which both sides of the equality are defined. Geometrically, these are identities involving certain functions of one or more angles.

  6. Law of tangents - Wikipedia

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    Fourier. v. t. e. In trigonometry, the law of tangents or tangent rule[1] is a statement about the relationship between the tangents of two angles of a triangle and the lengths of the opposing sides. In Figure 1, a, b, and c are the lengths of the three sides of the triangle, and α, β, and γ are the angles opposite those three respective sides.

  7. Inverse trigonometric functions - Wikipedia

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    e. In mathematics, the inverse trigonometric functions (occasionally also called antitrigonometric, [1] cyclometric, [2] or arcus functions [3]) are the inverse functions of the trigonometric functions, under suitably restricted domains. Specifically, they are the inverses of the sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant functions ...

  8. Tangential quadrilateral - Wikipedia

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    The four line segments between the center of the incircle and the points where it is tangent to the quadrilateral partition the quadrilateral into four right kites. If a line cuts a tangential quadrilateral into two polygons with equal areas and equal perimeters, then that line passes through the incenter. [4]

  9. Circle - Wikipedia

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    A line drawn perpendicular to a tangent through the point of contact with a circle passes through the centre of the circle. Two tangents can always be drawn to a circle from any point outside the circle, and these tangents are equal in length.