Laws of Rational Trigonometry
Wildberger states that there are five basic laws in rational trigonometry. He also states, correctly, that these laws can be verified using high-school level mathematics. Some are equivalent to standard trigonometrical formulae with the variables expressed as quadrance and spread.
In the following five formulas, we have a triangle made of three points A1, A2, A3, . The spreads of the angles at those points are s1, s2, s3, and Q1, Q2, Q3, are the quadrances of the triangle sides opposite A1, A2, and A3, respectively. As in classical trigonometry, if we know three of the six elements s1, s2, s3, Q1, Q2, Q3, and these three are not the three s, then we can compute the other three.
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