Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Aleph; Historical Studies in Science & Judaism
Angaben zur Quelle:
19,1 (2019) 131-136
Keywords:
Jewish astronomy Terminology
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Trigonometrical functions Tables
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Hebrew language, Medieval
Abstract:
In this brief communication, tables for the trigonometric functions, sine, cosine, and versine, are explored as they appear in sets of medieval Hebrew astronomical tables. Based on this preliminary account, it seems that these tables are not closely related to one another.
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