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analytic trigonometry

analytic trigonometry

[‚an·əl′id·ik ‚trig·ə′näm·ə·trē]
(mathematics)
The study of the properties and relations of the trigonometric functions.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The topics are fundamentals, the unit-circle and right-angle approaches to trigonometric functions, analytic trigonometry, polar coordinates and parametric equations, vectors in two and three dimensions, conic sections, and exponential and logarithmic functions.
The chapter on analytic trigonometry has been divided into two chapters, and new discovery projects, mathematical vignettes, and exercises have been included.
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