Volume
11
Issue
3
Abstract
The 7th century Indian mathematician Bhaskara (c.600 – c.680) obtained a remarkable approximation for the sine function. Many subsequent ancient authors have given versions of this rule, but none provided a proof or described how the result was obtained. Grover [1] provides a possible explanation, but I think the rule can be explained more clearly. Rather than give the rule first, we will derive it, and then discuss its accuracy, and explore some alternative approximations. Our derivation is simply an exercise in modeling.
First Page
485
Last Page
494
Recommended Citation
Stroethoff, Karel
(2014)
"Bhaskara’s approximation for the Sine,"
The Mathematics Enthusiast: Vol. 11
:
No.
3
, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54870/1551-3440.1313
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/tme/vol11/iss3/4
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.54870/1551-3440.1313
