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  2. Small-angle approximation - Wikipedia

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    The sine and tangent small-angle approximations are used in relation to the double-slit experiment or a diffraction grating to develop simplified equations like the following, where y is the distance of a fringe from the center of maximum light intensity, m is the order of the fringe, D is the distance between the slits and projection screen ...

  3. List of trigonometric identities - Wikipedia

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    A formula for computing the trigonometric identities for the one-third angle exists, but it requires finding the zeroes of the cubic equation 4x 3 − 3x + d = 0, where is the value of the cosine function at the one-third angle and d is the known value of the cosine function at the full angle.

  4. Inverse trigonometric functions - Wikipedia

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    So for example, by using the equality ⁡ = ⁡, the equation ⁡ = can be transformed into ⁡ =, which allows for the solution to the equation ⁡ = (where :=) to be used; that solution being: = ⁡ +, which becomes: = ⁡ + where using the fact that () = and substituting := proves that another solution to ⁡ = is: = + ⁡ + +.

  5. Trigonometric functions - Wikipedia

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    Basis of trigonometry: if two right triangles have equal acute angles, they are similar, so their corresponding side lengths are proportional.. In mathematics, the trigonometric functions (also called circular functions, angle functions or goniometric functions) [1] are real functions which relate an angle of a right-angled triangle to ratios of two side lengths.

  6. Law of tangents - Wikipedia

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    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. Trigonometric tables - Wikipedia

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    A simple recurrence formula to generate trigonometric tables is based on Euler's formula and the relation: (+) = This leads to the following recurrence to compute trigonometric values s n and c n as above: c 0 = 1 s 0 = 0 c n+1 = w r c n − w i s n s n+1 = w i c n + w r s n

  8. Trigonometric substitution - Wikipedia

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    In the integral , we may use = ⁡, = ⁡, = ⁡. Then, = ⁡ ⁡ = ⁡ (⁡) = ⁡ ⁡ = = + = ⁡ +. The above step requires that > and ⁡ > We can choose to be the principal root of , and impose the restriction / < < / by using the inverse sine function.

  9. Tangent half-angle formula - Wikipedia

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    The sides of this rhombus have length 1. The angle between the horizontal line and the shown diagonal is ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ (a + b).This is a geometric way to prove the particular tangent half-angle formula that says tan ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ (a + b) = (sin a + sin b) / (cos a + cos b).