Aristarchus' inequality
In trigonometry, Aristarchus' inequality, named after the ancient astronomer Aristarchus of Samos, states that if α and β are acute angles (i.e. between 0 and a right angle) and β < α then
The first of these inequalities was used by Ptolemy in constructing his table of chords.
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