Subject: Re: [HM] Radian Measure
From: John Harper (John.Harper@MCS.VUW.AC.NZ)
Date: Sun Mar 05 2000 - 19:32:27 EST
On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Julio Gonzalez Cabillon wrote:
> (*) Cajori, _History of Mathematics_ (2d ed., 1919), p. 484.
>
> An isolated matter of interest is the origin of the term
> 'radian', used with trigonometric functions. It first
> appeared in print on June 5, 1873, in examination questions
> set by James Thomson at Queen's College, Belfast.
That makes 2 important things that first appeared in print in exams
(the other being "Stokes's" theorem, discovered by James Thomson's
brother William aka Lord Kelvin.) Were there any more?
John Harper, School of Mathematical and Computing Sciences,
Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
e-mail john.harper@vuw.ac.nz phone (+64)(4)463 5341 fax (+64)(4)463 5045
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