Spherical Trigonometry in the Islamic World

J. L. Berggren ()
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J. L. Berggren: Simon Fraser University, Department of Mathematics

Chapter Chapter 6 in Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam, 2016, pp 189-222 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The problems of spherical trigonometry concern the sizes of circular arcs or angles on the surface of a sphere, and their relationships to each other. In applications, the sphere was either the celestial sphere or the earth, the former being a sphere that was thought to contain the fixed stars and to have such a large radius that, in relation to it, the earth was no more than a dot.

Keywords: Great Circle; Stereographic Projection; Spherical Triangle; Islamic World; Parallel Circle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3780-6_6

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