Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's understanding of trigonometry
The methodology adopted in this chapter is library and internet based. The data used were collected from dependable sources. The objective of this chapter is to investigate the understanding of Nasir aI-Din al-Tusi's work in trigonometry and to derive and analyze the scope of sine law which ini...
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iium-211392012-08-07T04:44:01Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/21139/ Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's understanding of trigonometry Isqeel , Abdullateef Ayodele Faris, Waleed Fekry QA Mathematics The methodology adopted in this chapter is library and internet based. The data used were collected from dependable sources. The objective of this chapter is to investigate the understanding of Nasir aI-Din al-Tusi's work in trigonometry and to derive and analyze the scope of sine law which initiated by al - Tusi. The significance of this chapter is the usefulness of the sine law to various fields such as astronomy, geography and medicine. Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics concerned with specific functions of angles and their application to calculations. It is derived from two Greek words trigon meaning "triangle" and metron meaning "a measurement". Hence, it is a methodology for finding some unknown elements of triangle provided the data include a sufficient amount of linear and angular measurements to define a shape IIUM Press 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/21139/1/Chapter_12.pdf Isqeel , Abdullateef Ayodele and Faris, Waleed Fekry (2011) Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's understanding of trigonometry. In: Contributions of Early Muslim Scientists to Engineering Sciences and related studies. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 58-64. ISBN 978-967-418-157-4 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx |
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The methodology adopted in this chapter is library and internet based. The data used were collected from dependable sources. The objective of this chapter is to investigate the understanding of Nasir aI-Din al-Tusi's work in trigonometry and to derive and analyze the scope of sine law which initiated by al - Tusi. The significance of this chapter is the usefulness of the sine law to various fields such as astronomy, geography and medicine. Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics concerned with specific functions of angles and their application to calculations. It is derived from two Greek
words trigon meaning "triangle" and metron meaning "a measurement". Hence, it is a methodology for finding some unknown elements of triangle provided the data include
a sufficient amount of linear and angular measurements to define a shape |
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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's understanding of trigonometry |
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