HIPPARCHUS

 "The Father Of Trigonometry" 


  • Hipparchus, an ancient Greek Mathematician, astronomer and geographer, is known as the father of trigonometry. 
  • In the second century BC, he created the first trigonometric table and solved problems in spherical trigonometry. 
  • Hipparchus was the first to tabulate the corresponding values of arc and chord for a series of angles.

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