The doctrine of triangles: a history of modern trigonometry
"An interdisciplinary history of trigonometry from the mid-sixteenth century through to the early twentieth century The Doctrine of Triangles offers an interdisciplinary history of trigonometry that spans four centuries, starting in 1550 and concluding in the 1900s. Glen Van Brummelen tells the...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "An interdisciplinary history of trigonometry from the mid-sixteenth century through to the early twentieth century The Doctrine of Triangles offers an interdisciplinary history of trigonometry that spans four centuries, starting in 1550 and concluding in the 1900s. Glen Van Brummelen tells the story of trigonometry as it evolved from an instrument for understanding the heavens to a practical tool, used in fields such as surveying and navigation. In Europe, China, and America, trigonometry aided and was itself transformed by concurrent mathematical revolutions, as well as the rise of science and technology. Following its uses in mid-sixteenth-century Europe as the "foot of the ladder to the stars" and the mathematical helpmate of astronomy, trigonometry became a ubiquitous tool for modeling various phenomena, including animal populations and sound waves. In the late sixteenth century, trigonometry increasingly entered the physical world through the practical disciplines, and its societal reach expanded with the invention of logarithms. Calculus shifted mathematical reasoning from geometric to algebraic patterns of thought, and trigonometry's participation in this new mathematical analysis grew, encouraging such innovations as complex numbers and non-Euclidean geometry. Meanwhile in China, trigonometry was evolving rapidly too, sometimes merging with indigenous forms of knowledge, and with Western discoveries. In the nineteenth century, trigonometry became even more integral to science and industry as a fundamental part of the science and engineering toolbox, and a staple subject in high school classrooms"-- |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
-4LLI,
PREFACE
XI
1.
EUROPEAN
TRIGONOMETRY COMES
OF
AGE
I
WHAT S
IN
A
NAME? 3
TEXT 1.1
REGIOMONTANUS,
DEFINING
THE
BASIC
TRIGONOMETRIC
FUNCTIONS 4
TEXT
1.2 REINHOLD,
A
CALCULATION IN
A
PLANETARY MODEL USING
SINES
AND
TANGENTS
6
TRIGONOMETRIC
TABLES EVOLVING
16
ALGEBRAIC
GEMS BY
VIETE
25
TEXT
1.3 VIETE, FINDING
A
RECURRENCE
RELATION
FOR
SIN NO
25
NEW
THEOREMS,
PLANE
AND
SPHERICAL 30
TEXT
1.4 SNELL
ON
RECIPROCAL
TRIANGLES 37
CONSOLIDATING
THE
SOLUTIONS
OF
TRIANGLES 39
WIDENING
APPLICATIONS 45
TEXT
1.5 CLAVIUS
ON A
PROBLEM
IN
SURVEYING 49
TEXT
1.6
GUNTER
ON
SOLVING
A
RIGHT-ANGLED SPHERICAL TRIANGLE
WITH
HIS SECTOR
56
2.
LOGARITHMS
62
NAPIER,
BRIGGS,
AND
THE
BIRTH
OF
LOGARITHMS
62
TEXT 2.1 NAPIER,
SOLVING
A
PROBLEM
IN
SPHERICAL
TRIGONOMETRY
WITH
HIS
LOGARITHMS
65
INTERLUDE:
JOOST
BUERGI S
SURPRISING
METHOD
OF
CALCULATING
A
SINE
TABLE 69
THE
EXPLOSION
OF
TABLES
OF
LOGARITHMS
71
COMPUTING
TABLES EFFECTIVELY:
LOGARITHMS
76
COMPUTING
TABLES
EFFECTIVELY: INTERPOLATION 78
TEXT 2.2 BRIGGS,
COMPLETING
A
TABLE
USING
FINITE
DIFFERENCE
INTERPOLATION
81
NAPIER
ON
SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY
84
FURTHER
THEORETICAL
DEVELOPMENTS
91
DEVELOPMENTS
IN
NOTATION
97
VII
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM S L
HLUENCHE A
VIII
CONTENTS
PRACTICAL
AND
SCIENTIFIC
APPLICATIONS
99
TEXT
2.3
JOHN NEWTON,
DETERMINING
THE
DECLINATION
OF AN
ARC
OF
THE
ECLIPTIC
WITH
LOGARITHMS 100
3.
CALCULUS
110
QUADRATURES
IN
TRIGONOMETRY
BEFORE NEWTON
AND
LEIBNIZ 110
TEXT 3.1
PASCAL,
FINDING
THE
INTEGRAL
OF
THE
SINE 118
TANGENTS
IN TRIGONOMETRY BEFORE
NEWTON
AND
LEIBNIZ 120
TEXT
3.2
BARROW, FINDING
THE
DERIVATIVE
OF
THE
TANGENT 122
INFINITE SEQUENCES
AND
SERIES IN
TRIGONOMETRY 126
K
TEXT 3.3 NEWTON, FINDING
A
SERIES FOR
THE
ARC SINE 129
TRANSFORMING
THE
CONSTRUCTION
OF
TRIGONOMETRIC TABLES
WITH
SERIES 135
GEOMETRIC
DERIVATIVES
AND
INTEGRALS
OF
TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
143
A TRANSITION
TO
ANALYTICAL CONCEPTIONS 145
TEXT 3.4
COTES,
ESTIMATING ERRORS IN
TRIANGLES
149
TEXT 3.5 JAKOB KRESA, RELATIONS
BETWEEN
THE
SINE
AND
THE
OTHER
TRIGONOMETRIC QUANTITIES
155
EULER
ON
THE
ANALYSIS
OF
TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS 161
TEXT 3.6 LEONHARD EULER, ON TRANSCENDENTAL QUANTITIES
WHICH
ARISE
FROM
THE
CIRCLE
165
TEXT 3.7 LEONHARD EULER, ON
THE
DERIVATIVE
OF
THE
SINE
175
EULER
ON
SPHERICAL
TRIGONOMETRY 177
4.
CHINA
185
INDIAN
AND
ISLAMIC TRIGONOMETRY
IN
CHINA
185
TEXT 4.1 YIXING, DESCRIPTION
OF A
TABLE
OF
GNOMON SHADOW
LENGTHS 188
INDIGENOUS
CHINESE GEOMETRY 191
TEXT 4.2 LIU HUI, FINDING
THE
DIMENSIONS
OF AN
INACCESSIBLE
WALLED
CITY 192
INDIGENOUS
CHINESE
TRIGONOMETRY 198
THE
JESUITS ARRIVE
202
TRIGONOMETRY IN
THE
CHONGZHEN
LISHU 204
LOGARITHMS
IN
CHINA 208
THE KANGXI
PERIOD
AND
MEI WENDING 213
CONTENTS
IX
DAI ZHEN:
PHILOLOGY ENCOUNTERS
MATHEMATICS
222
INFINITE
SERIES 227
TEXT
4.3 MEL
JUECHENG, ON
CALCULATING
THE
CIRCUMFERENCE
OF
A
CIRCLE FROM
ITS DIAMETER
228
TEXT 4.4
MINGGATU,
ON
CALCULATING
THE
CHORD
OF A
GIVEN ARC
231
5.
EUROPE
AFTER EULER 243
NORMAL
SCIENCE:
GAP
FILLING
IN SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY
244
TEXT
5.1
PINGRD,
EXTENDING
NAPIER S
RULES
TO
OBLIQUE
SPHERICAL
TRIANGLES
245
SYMMETRY
AND
UNITY
253
THE
RETURN
OF
STEREOGRAPHIC
PROJECTION
255
SURVEYING
AND
LEGENDRE S
THEOREM
260
TRIGONOMETRY
IN
NAVIGATION
264
TEXT
5.2
JAMES ANDREW,
SOLVING
THE
PZX
TRIANGLE USING
HAVERSINES 268
TABLES
273
FOURIER
SERIES 281
TEXT
5.3
JEAN
BAPTISTE JOSEPH
FOURIER,
A
TRIGONOMETRIC
SERIES
AS A
FUNCTION
287
CONCERNS
ABOUT
NEGATIVITY
290
HYPERBOLIC
TRIGONOMETRY 294
TEXT
5.4
VINCENZO RICCATI,
THE INVENTION
OF
THE
HYPERBOLIC
FUNCTIONS
294
EDUCATION
303
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
314
BIBLIOGRAPHY
317
INDEX
363
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CONTENTS
-4LLI,
PREFACE
XI
1.
EUROPEAN
TRIGONOMETRY COMES
OF
AGE
I
WHAT'S
IN
A
NAME? 3
TEXT 1.1
REGIOMONTANUS,
DEFINING
THE
BASIC
TRIGONOMETRIC
FUNCTIONS 4
TEXT
1.2 REINHOLD,
A
CALCULATION IN
A
PLANETARY MODEL USING
SINES
AND
TANGENTS
6
TRIGONOMETRIC
TABLES EVOLVING
16
ALGEBRAIC
GEMS BY
VIETE
25
TEXT
1.3 VIETE, FINDING
A
RECURRENCE
RELATION
FOR
SIN NO
25
NEW
THEOREMS,
PLANE
AND
SPHERICAL 30
TEXT
1.4 SNELL
ON
RECIPROCAL
TRIANGLES 37
CONSOLIDATING
THE
SOLUTIONS
OF
TRIANGLES 39
WIDENING
APPLICATIONS 45
TEXT
1.5 CLAVIUS
ON A
PROBLEM
IN
SURVEYING 49
TEXT
1.6
GUNTER
ON
SOLVING
A
RIGHT-ANGLED SPHERICAL TRIANGLE
WITH
HIS SECTOR
56
2.
LOGARITHMS
62
NAPIER,
BRIGGS,
AND
THE
BIRTH
OF
LOGARITHMS
62
TEXT 2.1 NAPIER,
SOLVING
A
PROBLEM
IN
SPHERICAL
TRIGONOMETRY
WITH
HIS
LOGARITHMS
65
INTERLUDE:
JOOST
BUERGI'S
SURPRISING
METHOD
OF
CALCULATING
A
SINE
TABLE 69
THE
EXPLOSION
OF
TABLES
OF
LOGARITHMS
71
COMPUTING
TABLES EFFECTIVELY:
LOGARITHMS
76
COMPUTING
TABLES
EFFECTIVELY: INTERPOLATION 78
TEXT 2.2 BRIGGS,
COMPLETING
A
TABLE
USING
FINITE
DIFFERENCE
INTERPOLATION
81
NAPIER
ON
SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY
84
FURTHER
THEORETICAL
DEVELOPMENTS
91
DEVELOPMENTS
IN
NOTATION
97
VII
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM S'L
HLUENCHE'A
VIII
CONTENTS
PRACTICAL
AND
SCIENTIFIC
APPLICATIONS
99
TEXT
2.3
JOHN NEWTON,
DETERMINING
THE
DECLINATION
OF AN
ARC
OF
THE
ECLIPTIC
WITH
LOGARITHMS 100
3.
CALCULUS
110
QUADRATURES
IN
TRIGONOMETRY
BEFORE NEWTON
AND
LEIBNIZ 110
TEXT 3.1
PASCAL,
FINDING
THE
INTEGRAL
OF
THE
SINE 118
TANGENTS
IN TRIGONOMETRY BEFORE
NEWTON
AND
LEIBNIZ 120
TEXT
3.2
BARROW, FINDING
THE
DERIVATIVE
OF
THE
TANGENT 122
INFINITE SEQUENCES
AND
SERIES IN
TRIGONOMETRY 126
K
TEXT 3.3 NEWTON, FINDING
A
SERIES FOR
THE
ARC SINE 129
TRANSFORMING
THE
CONSTRUCTION
OF
TRIGONOMETRIC TABLES
WITH
SERIES 135
GEOMETRIC
DERIVATIVES
AND
INTEGRALS
OF
TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
143
A TRANSITION
TO
ANALYTICAL CONCEPTIONS 145
TEXT 3.4
COTES,
ESTIMATING ERRORS IN
TRIANGLES
149
TEXT 3.5 JAKOB KRESA, RELATIONS
BETWEEN
THE
SINE
AND
THE
OTHER
TRIGONOMETRIC QUANTITIES
155
EULER
ON
THE
ANALYSIS
OF
TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS 161
TEXT 3.6 LEONHARD EULER, ON TRANSCENDENTAL QUANTITIES
WHICH
ARISE
FROM
THE
CIRCLE
165
TEXT 3.7 LEONHARD EULER, ON
THE
DERIVATIVE
OF
THE
SINE
175
EULER
ON
SPHERICAL
TRIGONOMETRY 177
4.
CHINA
185
INDIAN
AND
ISLAMIC TRIGONOMETRY
IN
CHINA
185
TEXT 4.1 YIXING, DESCRIPTION
OF A
TABLE
OF
GNOMON SHADOW
LENGTHS 188
INDIGENOUS
CHINESE GEOMETRY 191
TEXT 4.2 LIU HUI, FINDING
THE
DIMENSIONS
OF AN
INACCESSIBLE
WALLED
CITY 192
INDIGENOUS
CHINESE
TRIGONOMETRY 198
THE
JESUITS ARRIVE
202
TRIGONOMETRY IN
THE
CHONGZHEN
LISHU 204
LOGARITHMS
IN
CHINA 208
THE KANGXI
PERIOD
AND
MEI WENDING 213
CONTENTS
IX
DAI ZHEN:
PHILOLOGY ENCOUNTERS
MATHEMATICS
222
INFINITE
SERIES 227
TEXT
4.3 MEL
JUECHENG, ON
CALCULATING
THE
CIRCUMFERENCE
OF
A
CIRCLE FROM
ITS DIAMETER
228
TEXT 4.4
MINGGATU,
ON
CALCULATING
THE
CHORD
OF A
GIVEN ARC
231
5.
EUROPE
AFTER EULER 243
NORMAL
SCIENCE:
GAP
FILLING
IN SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY
244
TEXT
5.1
PINGRD,
EXTENDING
NAPIER'S
RULES
TO
OBLIQUE
SPHERICAL
TRIANGLES
245
SYMMETRY
AND
UNITY
253
THE
RETURN
OF
STEREOGRAPHIC
PROJECTION
255
SURVEYING
AND
LEGENDRE'S
THEOREM
260
TRIGONOMETRY
IN
NAVIGATION
264
TEXT
5.2
JAMES ANDREW,
SOLVING
THE
PZX
TRIANGLE USING
HAVERSINES 268
TABLES
273
FOURIER
SERIES 281
TEXT
5.3
JEAN
BAPTISTE JOSEPH
FOURIER,
A
TRIGONOMETRIC
SERIES
AS A
FUNCTION
287
CONCERNS
ABOUT
NEGATIVITY
290
HYPERBOLIC
TRIGONOMETRY 294
TEXT
5.4
VINCENZO RICCATI,
THE INVENTION
OF
THE
HYPERBOLIC
FUNCTIONS
294
EDUCATION
303
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
314
BIBLIOGRAPHY
317
INDEX
363 |
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Calculus shifted mathematical reasoning from geometric to algebraic patterns of thought, and trigonometry's participation in this new mathematical analysis grew, encouraging such innovations as complex numbers and non-Euclidean geometry. Meanwhile in China, trigonometry was evolving rapidly too, sometimes merging with indigenous forms of knowledge, and with Western discoveries. 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| illustrated | Illustrated |
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| isbn | 9780691179414 |
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| physical | xvi, 372 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 25 cm |
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| spelling | Van Brummelen, Glen 1965- Verfasser (DE-588)137819692 aut The doctrine of triangles a history of modern trigonometry Glen Van Brummelen Princeton ; Oxford Princeton University Press [2021] ©2021 xvi, 372 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 25 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index 2106 "An interdisciplinary history of trigonometry from the mid-sixteenth century through to the early twentieth century The Doctrine of Triangles offers an interdisciplinary history of trigonometry that spans four centuries, starting in 1550 and concluding in the 1900s. Glen Van Brummelen tells the story of trigonometry as it evolved from an instrument for understanding the heavens to a practical tool, used in fields such as surveying and navigation. In Europe, China, and America, trigonometry aided and was itself transformed by concurrent mathematical revolutions, as well as the rise of science and technology. Following its uses in mid-sixteenth-century Europe as the "foot of the ladder to the stars" and the mathematical helpmate of astronomy, trigonometry became a ubiquitous tool for modeling various phenomena, including animal populations and sound waves. In the late sixteenth century, trigonometry increasingly entered the physical world through the practical disciplines, and its societal reach expanded with the invention of logarithms. Calculus shifted mathematical reasoning from geometric to algebraic patterns of thought, and trigonometry's participation in this new mathematical analysis grew, encouraging such innovations as complex numbers and non-Euclidean geometry. Meanwhile in China, trigonometry was evolving rapidly too, sometimes merging with indigenous forms of knowledge, and with Western discoveries. In the nineteenth century, trigonometry became even more integral to science and industry as a fundamental part of the science and engineering toolbox, and a staple subject in high school classrooms"-- Geschichte 1500-1900 gnd rswk-swf Trigonometrie (DE-588)4060888-8 gnd rswk-swf Trigonometry / History Trigonometrie (DE-588)4060888-8 s Geschichte 1500-1900 z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-691-21987-5 Digitalisierung Deutsches Museum application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033202759&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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