History of Trigonometry

History of Trigonometry Trigonometry is a field of mathematics first compiled in 2nd century BCE by the Greek mathematician Hipparchus. The history of trigonometry and of trigonometric functions follows the general lines of the history of mathematics.In 1595, the mathematician Bartholemaeus Pitiscus published an influential work on trigonometry in 1595 which may have coined the word "trigonometry". Early study of triangles can be traced to the 2nd millennium BC, in Egyptian mathematics (Rhind Mathematical Papyrus) and Babylonian mathematics. Systematic study of trigonometric functions began in Hellenistic mathematics, reaching India as part of Hellenistic astronomy. In Indian astronomy, the study of trigonometric functions flowered in the Gupta period, especially due to Aryabhata (6th century). During the Middle Ages, the study of trigonometry continued in Islamic mathematics, whence it was adopted as a separate subject in the Latin West

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beginning in the Renaissance with Regiomontanus. The development of modern trigonometry shifted during the western Age of Enlightenment, beginning with 17th-century mathematics (Isaac Newton and James Stirling) and reaching its modern form with Leonhard Euler (1748). We all study Trigonometry in the Math and also know about the different Functions of the trigonometry and we all generally know about the applications of these Functions but most of us are generally not familiar with the history of trigonometry which is many years old. Lets recall the history of trigonometry and discuss about how the trigonometry was introduced and also about the various developments which took place in the history of trigonometry with the time. The history of trigonometry starts from a very earlier Period of the second century of BCE during which the topic of the trigonometry was first introduced by the great mathematician of the Greece whose name was Hipparchus. The history of trigonometry and the history of the Trigonometric Functions have followed the common lines of the history of the math. Now let us start with the Triangles. The first discussion about the triangles in the history of trigonometry was held in the math of the Egypt during the period of the second millennium of BC and was also found in the math of the Babylon. However the discovery of the trigonometric functions and their proper study was started from the Hellenistic math which was introduced in the India as a section of the astronomy.

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The development of the history of trigonometry in India with help of introduction and the proper study of the trigonometric functions was done in the period of the Guptas and was mostly credited to the great Indian mathematician Aryabhata who developed the math in India to a great level in the sixth century and in the history of trigonometry during the period of the Middle ages the development of the trigonometry was further carried by the math of the Islam. This is all about the history of trigonometry.

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