Artigo
Revisado por pares
An Early History of Difficult Multiplication and Division.
2005; Volume: 19; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1839-4809
Autores Tópico(s)Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing
ResumoThis article looks at the technique of 'prosthaphaeresis', a Greek word meaning addition and subtraction, as something worth mentioning to students when trigonometric identities are discussed, to show the practical use of trigonometric tables in times past.
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