the excel functions for trig are
COS
ACOS
ACOSH
COSH
SIN
ASIN
SINH
ASINH
TAN
ATAN
TANH
ATANH
RADIANS
DEGREES
excel works in radians by default so the radians and degree function are
there to swap back and forth
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"Kokopeelle" wrote:

I have been studing the early formation fo trig tables by Ptolemy abotu
100-200Ad. I now would like to know the methodolgy tht ecel uses for
calculating these functions. I'm not interested in the detailed code, just
the general methods.

Can anyone help?
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rk koko pele