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According to recent (August 2017) research by the University of New South Wales, it was an unknown mathematician (or mathematicians) in Babylon. They produced a tablet, known as Plimpton 322, which contains tables of trig ration. This was some 1500 years before the Greek astronomer Hipparchus who, until now, was regarded the father of trigonometry.
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Who is given credit for inventing trigonometry?
Ancient Indian mathmatician aryabhatta is credited as inventor of trignometry.
What are the 2 branches of trigonometry?
plane trigonometry spherical trigonometry
What are the kinds of trigonometry?
The main kinds are plane trigonometry and solid trigonometry. The latter will include trigonometry in hyper-spaces.
Who is the father of trigonometry?
Hipparchus is the father of trigonometry.
What are the two types of trigonometry?
Trigonometry based on a unit circle and radians and trigonometry based on a right triangle.
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