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Pythagorean identities
The following identities are related to the
Pythagorean theorem and hold for any
value:[26]
Angle transformation
formulae
Common formulae
Law of sines
The law of sines (also known as the "sine
rule") for an arbitrary triangle states:
Law of cosines
or equivalently:
The law of cosines may be used to prove
Heron's formula, which is another method
that may be used to calculate the area of a
triangle. This formula states that if a
triangle has sides of lengths a, b, and c,
and if the semiperimeter is
Euler's formula
Bibliography
Boyer, Carl B. (1991). A History of
Mathematics (Second ed.). John Wiley &
Sons, Inc. ISBN 978-0-471-54397-8.
Hazewinkel, Michiel, ed. (2001) [1994],
"Trigonometric functions" , Encyclopedia
of Mathematics, Springer
Science+Business Media B.V. / Kluwer
Academic Publishers, ISBN 978-1-
55608-010-4
Christopher M. Linton (2004). From
Eudoxus to Einstein: A History of
Mathematical Astronomy. Cambridge
University Press.
Weisstein, Eric W. "Trigonometric
Addition Formulas" . MathWorld.
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