The Oldest Trig in the Book

DOI10.1080/07468342.2019.1535158zbMath1434.26001OpenAlexW2912670761MaRDI QIDQ4626138

Harold P. Boas

Publication date: 27 February 2019

Published in: The College Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/07468342.2019.1535158

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of real functions (26-03) Elementary functions (26A09) General histories, source books (01A05) Plane and spherical trigonometry (educational aspects) (97G60)

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