FOUNDERS OF TRIGO Flashcards
1
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who is the father of trigonometry?
A
Hipparchus of nicea
2
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who is the writer of almagest
A
claude ptolemy
3
Q
who is the great indian mathematician
A
aryabhata
3
Q
who is the writer of miscellanea analytica
A
abraham de moivre
4
Q
who introduced the concept of tangest and cotangest
A
the arabs
4
Q
who used arabuc numerals to prep a table of sines
A
george von purbach
4
Q
who introduced to germany the use of algebraic and trigonometric methods
A
johann muller
4
Q
who is the most profile writer of mathematical subj of all time
A
leonhard euler
5
Q
who introduced the abbreviations of trigonometry
A
whilliam oughtred
6
Q
who wrote the title trigonometry textbook
A
bartholomaeus pitiscus
