Comments on: The unit circle https://habitablezone.com/2020/09/24/the-unit-circle/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vitruvius https://habitablezone.com/2020/09/24/the-unit-circle/#comment-45546 Vitruvius Fri, 02 Oct 2020 22:52:40 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=84301#comment-45546 You should read <a href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/singh_02_14_reprint/" title="Infinities - Vandana Singh" rel="nofollow"><em>Infinities</em>, by Vandana Singh</a>; featured in the 87th annual edition of <em>This Year's Best Science Fiction</em>. It features similar material to what you're describing. While looking the text up on the internet, I also found <a href="http://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf942" title="Infinities - Math Fiction" rel="nofollow">this site</a>, which I think you'll appreciate. You should read Infinities, by Vandana Singh; featured in the 87th annual edition of This Year’s Best Science Fiction. It features similar material to what you’re describing.

While looking the text up on the internet, I also found this site, which I think you’ll appreciate.

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]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2020/09/24/the-unit-circle/#comment-45469 ER Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:02:35 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=84301#comment-45469 ...that the y-value of each of those two curves was exactly equal to the slope of the other at any point on that x-axis. To put it in more formal, mathematical terms; the sine function is the derivative of the cosine...and vice-versa. And once again, this has nothing to do with us, or even of the physical universe, it is all simply a property of triangles. …that the y-value of each of those two curves was exactly equal to the slope of the other at any point on that x-axis.

To put it in more formal, mathematical terms; the sine function is the derivative of the cosine…and vice-versa. And once again, this has nothing to do with us, or even of the physical universe, it is all simply a property of triangles.

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