An elementary proof of Niven's theorem via the tangent function

DOI10.1080/0020739X.2020.1799088zbMath1491.97015OpenAlexW3047609116MaRDI QIDQ5072211

Giovanni Vincenzi, Bonaventura Paolillo

Publication date: 25 April 2022

Published in: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739x.2020.1799088

zbMATH Keywords

tangent functiontrigonometric functionsNiven's theoremrational values

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Plane and spherical trigonometry (educational aspects) (97G60)

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