Jost Bürgi's method for calculating sines

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2016.03.001zbMath1343.01011arXiv1510.03180OpenAlexW2962685841WikidataQ56116069 ScholiaQ56116069MaRDI QIDQ286028

Andreas Thom, Dieter Launert, Menso Folkerts

Publication date: 19 May 2016

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.03180

zbMATH Keywords

difference methodJost BürgiKunstwegsine calculationtrigonometrical tables

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of geometry (51-03) Exponential and trigonometric functions (33B10)

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