Project 2: The History Of Trigonometry

Project 2- Article Research
The “History of Trigonometry” takes you on a trip throughout the modification of a vital subsection in math. The article references the earliest versions of trig, while also connecting it to the modern uses of the math. The ever so effective contextualization of trigonometry is what drew my interest to this article. I feel that this article conveys a better message and depicts trigonometry better than any article I’ve encountered. All in all, the description and detail in this article peaked my interest enough to write about it.
The article begins by introducing you to classic trigonometry. The term classical trigonometry is in reference to the mathematical reasoning of people prior to the 16th century.
Prior to

The first reference dates back to the ancient
Egyptian and Mediterranean world. During this time, the Rhind Papyrus was created. The
Papyrus was a set of arithmetic problems created by the Egyptian. These problems would serve as building blocks for early trigonometry. Moving on to the next contribution to trigonometry, we shift our location to India. A man in India produced the sexagesimal system. In this system,

Russell 2 one can take the previous formula and implement half cords. This then creates the modern trigonometric formulas. These formulas then would go on to expand trigonometry from just spherical shapes, onto more and eventually all shapes in the 16th century. Following the expansion of spherical to linear planes, the final contribution was made. In 1614, John Napier invented a list of logarithmic functions and tables. These functions would then aid and assist in the process of trigonometry tremendously. After combining all of these major contributions over the many years, we then transitioned into modern trigonometry.
After the 16th century, we used all of the simple steps we had made previously to then

These mathematical wizards discovered that many algebraic equations can be otherwise portrayed as trigonometric functions. After identifying this, they went on to invent analytic geometry, or analytic trigonometry. Following their success, we had many other intelligent men add onto trigonometry: Issac Newton, James Gregory, and Leondard Euhler just to name a few.
This article can be seen as very relatable to the curriculum of our class. The article contextualizes trigonometry from beginning to end. It reveals all of the notable contributions that led to the formation of our modern trigonometry. Without all of these contributions, we would not even have the ability to have a trigonometry sub section in our pre-calculus class.
This article connects the dots for us as students, in how the work we do was once created.
While reading this passage, I became profusely interested by the use of trigonometry of mathematicians in earlier times. I enjoyed reading about the men, especially within the ancient
Mediterranean times, who created the math such long ago. I am astounded and intrigued on how the men

Russell 3 came up with the math in such early times. They did not have access to any modern tools as we do.