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As we have seen, near the end of Chapter 5, the fundamental theorem of calculus veils her face with a circle. In this chapter we shall see that all of trigonometry hides behind a circle, as well. According to Plato, Dante, and many others, the circle is the most perfect figure. It is surely rich in ideas.
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Priestley, W.M. (1979). A Circle of Ideas. In: Calculus: An Historical Approach. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9349-8_7
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