A history of Greek mathematics Vol.II from Aristarchus to Diophantus by Heath, Thomas Little, Sir, 1921
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MACEDONIA is GREECE and will always be GREECE- (if they are desperate to steal a name, Monkeydonkeys suits them just fine)
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MENELAUS'S SPHAERICA 265<br />
<strong>by</strong> the triangle ABC with great circles<br />
drawn through B <strong>to</strong><br />
meet AC (between A and G) in D, E respectively, and the<br />
case where D and E coincide, and they prove different results<br />
arising <strong>from</strong> different relations between a and c (a > c), combined<br />
with the equality <strong>of</strong> AD and EG (or DC), <strong>of</strong> the angles<br />
ABD and EBG (or DBG), or <strong>of</strong> a + c and BD + BE (or 2BD)<br />
respectively, according as a + c< = or >180°.<br />
Book <strong>II</strong> has practically no interest for us.<br />
The object <strong>of</strong> it<br />
is <strong>to</strong> establish certain propositions, <strong>of</strong> astronomical interest<br />
only, which are nothing more than generalizations or extensions<br />
<strong>of</strong> propositions in Theodosius's Sphaerica, Book <strong>II</strong>I.<br />
Thus Theodosius <strong>II</strong>I. 5, 6, 9 are included in Menelaus <strong>II</strong>. 10,<br />
Theodosius <strong>II</strong>I. 7-8 in Menelaus <strong>II</strong>. 12, while Menelaus <strong>II</strong>. 11<br />
is an extension <strong>of</strong> Theodosius <strong>II</strong>I. 13. The pro<strong>of</strong>s are quite<br />
different <strong>from</strong> those <strong>of</strong> Theodosius, which are generally very<br />
long-winded.<br />
Book <strong>II</strong>I.<br />
Trigonometry.<br />
It will have been noticed that, while Book I <strong>of</strong> Menelaus<br />
gives the geometry <strong>of</strong> the spherical triangle, neither Book I<br />
nor Book <strong>II</strong> contains any trigonometry. This is reserved for<br />
Book <strong>II</strong>I. As I shall throughout express the various results<br />
obtained in terms <strong>of</strong> the trigonometrical ratios, sine, cosine,<br />
tangent, it is necessary <strong>to</strong> explain once for all that the <strong>Greek</strong>s<br />
did not use this<br />
terminology, but, instead <strong>of</strong> sines, they used<br />
the chords subtended <strong>by</strong> arcs <strong>of</strong> a<br />
circle. In the accompanying figure<br />
let the arc iD<strong>of</strong> a circle subtend an<br />
angle a at the centre 0. Draw AM<br />
perpendicular <strong>to</strong> OD, and produce it<br />
<strong>to</strong> meet the circle again in A' . Then<br />
sin a = AM/AO, and AM is \AA'<br />
or half the chord subtended <strong>by</strong> an<br />
angle 2 a at the centre, which may<br />
shortly be denoted <strong>by</strong> J(crd. 2 a).<br />
Since P<strong>to</strong>lemy expresses the chords as so many 120th parts <strong>of</strong><br />
the diameter <strong>of</strong> the circle, while AM / AO — AA'/2A0, it<br />
follows that sin a and J(crd. 2 a) are equivalent. Cos a is<br />
<strong>of</strong> course sin (90° — a) and is therefore equivalent <strong>to</strong> % crd.<br />
(180°-2a).<br />
266 TRIGONOMETRY<br />
(a) ' Menelaus s theorem ' for the sphere.<br />
The first proposition <strong>of</strong> Book <strong>II</strong>I is the famous Menelaus's<br />
'<br />
theorem ' with reference <strong>to</strong> a spherical triangle and any transversal<br />
(great circle) cutting the sides <strong>of</strong> a triangle, produced<br />
if necessary. Menelaus does not, however, use a spherical<br />
triangle in his enunciation, but enunciates the proposition in<br />
terms <strong>of</strong> intersecting great circles.<br />
'<br />
Between two arcs ADB,<br />
AEG <strong>of</strong> great circles are two other arcs <strong>of</strong> great circles DFG<br />
and BFE which intersect them and also intersect each other<br />
in F. All the arcs are less than a semicircle. It is required<br />
<strong>to</strong> prove that<br />
sin CE sin CF sin DB ,<br />
sin EA " sin FD sin BA<br />
It appears that Menelaus gave three or four cases, sufficient<br />
<strong>to</strong> prove the theorem completely. The pro<strong>of</strong> depends on two<br />
simple propositions which Menelaus assumes without pro<strong>of</strong>;<br />
the pro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> them is given <strong>by</strong> P<strong>to</strong>lemy.<br />
(1) In the figure on the last page, if OD be a radius cutting<br />
a chord AB in C, then<br />
AC:CB = sin AD: sin DB.<br />
For draw A 31, BN perpendicular <strong>to</strong> OD.<br />
AG:GB = AM:BN<br />
Then<br />
= |(crd. 2.4D):i(crd. 2DB)<br />
= sin AD: sin DB.<br />
(2) If AB meet the radius OC produced in T, then<br />
AT:BT = sin AC: sin BC.