[Gllug] Light the blue touchpaper...

[Pete Ryland]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 06:58:29PM +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
>    Calculating tan x on paper is not very easy without knowing what you are
> doing. I was taught using a combination of graphical/geometrical methods,
> calculus, complex numbers, and all depending on my current understanding of
> the theory behind the different methods at the time. Teaching and
> understanding the trig functions using geometrical methods does not rely on
> understanding complex numbers, but complex number theory can help understand
> and calculate both trig and hyperbolic functions quickly and easily once
> complex numbers are understood.

Interesting... I agree that complex numbers and trig are certainly very
relevant to each other, but how does an understanding of complex numbers
help you calculate tan(0.34) for example?

Pete
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