Trig Or Treat: An Encyclopedia Of Trigonometric Identity Proofs (Tips) With Intellectually Challenging Games

by Adrian Ning Hong Yeo

Overview

This encyclopedia contains trigonometric identity proofs for some three hundred identities. The book is presented in the form of mathematical games for the reader's enjoyment and includes a concordance of trigonometric identities, enabling easy reference.Trig or Treat is a must-have for:• every student of trigonometry, to find the proofs for trigonometric identities that may be set in class or in exams;• every teacher of trigonometry, to have easy access to trigonometric identities of different levels of difficulty, to set assignments for different levels of students;• every library, to provide a ready resource for students• every aficionado of Sudoku, crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, Tetris, and other games, who love an intellectual challenge.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789812776198
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/31/2007
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Preface     ix
Introduction     xiii
Trig-Level One     1
The Basics of Trigonometry     1
Pythagoras' Theorem     11
Trig-Level Two     15
Compound Angles, Double Angles and Half Angles
Trig-Level Three     25
Angles in a Triangle
Sum and Difference of sin and cos
Practical Trig     33
Numerical Values of Special Angles - Graphs of sin, cos and tan for 0[degree]-360[degree]
Appendix     45
The Concordance of Trigonometric Identities     47
The Encyclopedia of Trigonometric Games or Trigonometric Identity Proofs (TIPs)     71
Level-One-Games: Easy Proofs     73
Level-Two-Games: Less-Easy Proofs     251
Level-Three-Games: Not-So-Easy Proofs     349
Addenda     393