WildTrig1: Why Trig is Hard
The usual trigonometry is overly complicated, inaccurate and logically dubious. This is the first of a series that shows you a better way---rational trigonometry! Rational trigonometry replaces distance and angle with more algebraic notions called quadrance and spread. All of those complicated formulas become much simpler, you don't need a calculator any more, and the theory extends Euclidean geometry to arbitrary fields! What mathematics teacher or student could ask for more? Assoc. Prof. N J Wildberger from UNSW is also the creator of the MathFoundations series, the WildLinAlg series, and a more advanced video series on Algebraic Topology. Enjoy!
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09:46