is trigonometry important in real analysis?

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anonymous · Answer

not terribly.

anonymous · Answer

Yes to the point where it becomes second nature....

amistre64 · Answer

trig is so benign and useless that they had to invent ways to make it appear valid :)

amistre64 · Answer

a couple of rope stretchers in egypt were feeling particularly lazy one day and decided theyd come up with a new way to find out how tall the pyramids were

amistre64 · Answer

they applied for a grant from the pharoh financial and loans and tada!!  trig was borned anew

anonymous · Answer

I don't know but trig is very handy in Physics...specially when you are dealing with applied forces.

anonymous · Answer

sure, but this is analysis not physics.

amistre64 · Answer

see someone invented applied forces :)

anonymous · Answer

oops didn't read it right....anyways we learn it for a reason. It's useful somewhere.

anonymous · Answer

amistre64: so it is not? hmmm

precal · Answer

when they survey land, trig is important.
In basketball, the laws of sine is a well known strategy (ask the lakers)
when given a triangle, laws of sine and cosine help solve the triangle.
Trig is important.   Periodic behavior  (cycles of the moon, etc)