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The area of a unit circle is pi, as Newton well knew, so when x=1, the area under the curve is a quarter of the unit circle, .
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Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2022
This is the region under the unit circle, defined by y=, that lies above the portion of the horizontal axis from 0 to x.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2022
Some may fall inside the unit circle, others right on it, and still others outside it.
—Quanta Magazine, 14 May 2020
Since going a distance π takes you halfway around the unit circle, cos(π)=-1 and sin(π)=0, so eiπ=-1.
—Lorenzo Sadun, Slate Magazine, 14 Mar. 2017
Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2022
This is the region under the unit circle, defined by y=, that lies above the portion of the horizontal axis from 0 to x.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2022
Some may fall inside the unit circle, others right on it, and still others outside it.
—Quanta Magazine, 14 May 2020
Since going a distance π takes you halfway around the unit circle, cos(π)=-1 and sin(π)=0, so eiπ=-1.
—Lorenzo Sadun, Slate Magazine, 14 Mar. 2017
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“Unit circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unit%20circle. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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