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Jun 20 2010 ∞
Just because this kind of visualisation would have really helped me at school. This is how the sine (or sin() ) function on your calculator works, where the input is just the angle on the circle below. For the record, if you drew another plot out to the right, that would be the cosine ( cos() ) function, which looks just the same but offset by 90 degrees. From: proofmathisbeautiful: nikkigraziano: moped: ffffound mmmm, a polar-cartesian love affair.
Just because this kind of visualisation would have really helped me at school. This is how the sine (or sin() ) function on your calculator works, where the input is just the angle on the circle below. For the record, if you drew another plot out to the right, that would be the cosine ( cos() ) function, which looks just the same but offset by 90 degrees. From:

proofmathisbeautiful:

nikkigraziano:

moped:

ffffound

mmmm, a polar-cartesian love affair.

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  1. electronicsex reblogged this from tasteofsmartwater
  2. northern-man reblogged this from nikkigraziano and added:
    The only definition of “Cartesian love” I could find… GV help me out here.
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    simple harmonic motion, motherfucker
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    Just because this kind of visualisation would have really helped me at school. This is how the sine (or sin() ) function...
  16. nerdulous reblogged this from the-fear-in-your-eyes and added:
    asdfghjkl! i’ve been learning hardcore polar-Cartesian for the past 3 weeks and now its haunting me on tumblr =|
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  18. ohyayhelpitsamanda reblogged this from proofmathisbeautiful and added:
    Omg so cool! And I don’t even like math! Which explains why I’ve been reblogging proofmathisbeautiful. Not.
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    nikkigraziano:moped:ffffound
  22. colores-caesia reblogged this from gurlichangedmyurl and added:
    Now just add a third dimension, then it’d be super sexy.
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    hypnotic and beautiful
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