Guide to Game Development/Theory/Mathematics/Trigonometry

Categories

• Degrees Vs Radians Vs Gradians

Looking at the difference between degrees, radians and gradians.

• The basic identities applied to right angle triangles

S^oh, C^ah, T^oa used on a right-angled triangle

• Trigonometry used with non-right angles

All the trigonometry needed for triangles that don't have right angles.

• Unit circle & unit sphere

This covers what happens when you map trigonometry onto a circle of radius 1.

• The graphs of the trigonometric functions

Having a look at how you plot trigonometric functions onto a graph

• Secant, Cosecant and Cotangent

Taking a look at the 3 new trigonometric identities: Sec, Cosec/csc and cot

• Trigonometric identities

Taking a look at some trigonometric identities and the double angle formulea

• Hyperbolic trigonometric identities

Taking a look at sinh, cosh, tanh, sech, csch and coth.

• Taylor series

Taking a look at the Taylor series.

External links

Youtube:

• Coding Math's episodes on trigonometry:
  • Intro to Trigonometry
  • More Trigonometry