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150BC, In a town called New Hartley Athens, Greece.

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Who discovered the father of trigonometry?

I should imagine that his parents discovered him!


What is first trigonometry or calculus?

Trigonometry came first thousands of years ago. Calculus was only discovered several hundered years ago.


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Benjamin Banneker discovered the Trigonometry Puzzle


Who is father of trigonometry?

Trigonometry has been developed over centuries, and was not discovered per-se by any one person. One might say that Pythagoras is the father of trigonometry because the Pythagorean theorem is so central to trigonometric theory, but many cultures were aware of the Pythagorean theorem before Pythagoras was even born.


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.


How was trigonometry discovered?

Ancient Egyptian and Babylonian mathematicians lacked the concept of an angle measure, but they studied the ratios of the sides of similar triangles and discovered some properties of these ratios. The ancient Nubians used a similar methodology.


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What is the abbreviation or full form of trigonometry?

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Hipparchus is the father of trigonometry.


How is trigonometry applied?

Trigonometry is applied in construction and building, as trigonometry measures right angled triangles.


What is the definition of plane trigonometry?

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