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pklausler
948 days ago
Radians vs degrees?
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marginalia_nu
948 days ago
For radians, we can note that the length of a circle segment is rα, where r is the radius and α is the angle, where both the radius and circle segment have dimensions length; then we must infer that α is dimensionless.
Degrees follow a similar argument.
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mikewarot
948 days ago
Radians, gradians, degrees, minutes, seconds, thirds, revolutions are all ways of dividing up a circle
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Degrees follow a similar argument.