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Sin and Cos are typically defined as “Here’s some weird infinite sums” from which they deduce the behaviours. Indeed, pi is typically defined in terms of the first positive zero of the sin function.


Sin and cos are typically defined as the far edge of the right triangle over the hypotenuse, and the near edge over the hypotenuse.

The infinite sums give us ways to calculate their approximations, and show some of their properties as functions.




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