Dela Cruz, Bruce Brandon R.

IV-Lakandula
Assignment in Math
1. Biography of Father of Trigonometry

Hipparchus was called the father of trigonometry

Hipparchus was a Greek mathematician that lived in the second century BCE. He was said to use
Hellenistic mathematics to create his theory of trigonometry.
Hipparchus lived circa 190 to 120 BC. He was also a Greek astrologer, astronomer, mathematician and
geographer. He used his knowledge to come up with the theory of trigonometry. He was born in Nicaea,
which is now Iznik, Turkey. He was said to have died on the island of Rhodes.
Hipparchus was well known as an astronomer between 162 and 127BC. He has always been referred to as
the greatest ancient astronomy observer. He was also said to be the greatest astronomer of antiquity. He
was the first one to have proper models for the movements of the sun and moon.
It was this work as an astronomer that helped him in trigonometry. He constructed trigonometric tables
that were able to solve many problems such as those of spherical trig. He was said to be the best at
predicting solar eclipses due to his models of the sun, moon, and his trig calculations. He is also known
for his discovery "Earth's precession."
He created the first star catalogue that was most comprehensive, especially for the western world. He
invented the astrolabe according to many accounts of history. It took three centuries before Hipparchus'
work was superseded; this was done by Claudius Ptolemaeus. By that time trig was already formed and
one of the more popular areas of mathematics to study. It was adopted to many places around the world
and eventually led to modern trig during the Age of Enlightenment. During this time Isaac Newton and
James Stirling were the two credited with furthering trig.

2. Applications of Trigonometry
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Trigonometry is commonly used in finding the height

of towers and mountains.
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2. It is used in navigation to find the distance

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of the shore from a point in the sea.

3. It is used in oceanography in calculating

the height of tides in oceans

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4. It is used in finding the distance between

celestial bodies
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22. 6. Architects use trigonometry to calculate

structural load, roof slopes, ground surfaces and
many other aspects, including sun shading and
light angles

19. 5. The sine and cosine functions are

fundamental to the theory of periodic functions

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such as those that describe sound and light

waves.

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