A tangential approach to trigonometry

2019/02/07 by P. L. Robinson, Robinson, P. L.
Mathematics · #33B10 #Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA) #FOS: Mathematics #Mathematics and Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1902.03140

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Abstract

We construct the complex tangent as a meromorphic function in the plane, using an approach developed by Weierstrass in his characterization of analytic functions that satisfy algebraic addition theorems.

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