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

NotP wrote:
> N. Silver wrote:
>> NotP wrote:

>>> Not if you use power series.
>> To get the Maclaurin series for sin(x)
>> you have to know its derivative, which
>> rests on the fact that the limit exists.
> Not if you _define_ sin(x) as the imaginary part of e^ix, and cos(x) as
> the real part.

Not formally circular but obviously circular.



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