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  2. Minute and second of arc - Wikipedia

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    A minute of arc, arcminute (arcmin), arc minute, or minute arc, denoted by the symbol ′, is a unit of angular measurement equal to ⁠ 1 / 60 ⁠ of one degree. [1] Since one degree is ⁠ 1 / 360 ⁠ of a turn, or complete rotation , one arcminute is ⁠ 1 / 21 600 ⁠ of a turn.

  3. Mnemonics in trigonometry - Wikipedia

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    Quadrant 3 (angles from 180 to 270 degrees, or π to 3π/2 radians): Tangent and cotangent functions are positive in this quadrant. Quadrant 4 (angles from 270 to 360 degrees, or 3π/2 to 2π radians): Cosine and secant functions are positive in this quadrant. Other mnemonics include: All Stations To Central [6] All Silly Tom Cats [6]

  4. Small-angle approximation - Wikipedia

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    The quantity 206 265 ″ is approximately equal to the number of arcseconds in a circle (1 296 000 ″), divided by 2π, or, the number of arcseconds in 1 radian. The exact formula is = ⁡ (″) and the above approximation follows when tan X is replaced by X.

  5. Machin-like formula - Wikipedia

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    If = then ⁡ is 45 degrees or radians. This means that if the real part and complex part are equal then the arctangent will equal π 4 {\textstyle {\frac {\pi }{4}}} . Since the arctangent of one has a very slow convergence rate if we find two complex numbers that when multiplied will result in the same real and imaginary part we will have a ...

  6. Spherical trigonometry - Wikipedia

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    For example, Todhunter [1] gives two proofs of the cosine rule (Articles 37 and 60) and two proofs of the sine rule (Articles 40 and 42). The page on Spherical law of cosines gives four different proofs of the cosine rule. Text books on geodesy [2] and spherical astronomy [3] give different proofs and the online resources of MathWorld provide ...

  7. Magic angle - Wikipedia

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    The magic angle is a precisely defined angle, the value of which is approximately 54.7356°. The magic angle is a root of a second-order Legendre polynomial, P 2 (cos θ) = 0, and so any interaction which depends on this second-order Legendre polynomial vanishes at the magic angle.

  8. atan2 - Wikipedia

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    Graph of ⁡ (,) over / In computing and mathematics , the function atan2 is the 2- argument arctangent . By definition, θ = atan2 ⁡ ( y , x ) {\displaystyle \theta =\operatorname {atan2} (y,x)} is the angle measure (in radians , with − π < θ ≤ π {\displaystyle -\pi <\theta \leq \pi } ) between the positive x {\displaystyle x} -axis ...

  9. John Machin - Wikipedia

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    Machin's formula [4] (for which the derivation is straightforward) is: = ⁡ ⁡ The benefit of the new formula, a variation on the Gregory–Leibniz series (⁠ π / 4 ⁠ = arctan 1), was that it had a significantly increased rate of convergence, which made it a much more practical method of calculation.