Re: sin x / x tends to 1...


En el mensaje:17ijh19nehvfpmonvtoj0nitb6vb8ro8l8@xxxxxxx,
David C. Ullrich <ullrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
> ...
> We assume that the area of a circular sector is
> proportional to the angle. We define the sine of
> an _angle_ geometrically. We define a radian to
> be that angle such that a circular sector with
> radius 1 and opening one radian has area 1.

Do you mean, of course, that it has area 1/2 ...



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