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Trace how trigonometry travelled

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The study of trigonometry begins in India
Indian results pass to Arabia
From Arabia the knowledge reaches Europe
The Indian approach is adopted worldwide

syllabus records that the study of trigonometry began in India, passed to Arabia, and reached Europe from there. Source: syllabus Maths Part I, Ch 2 Inverse Trigonometric Functions.

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True or false: the historical note

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The study of trigonometry was first started in India.
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The sine function reached mathematics through the siddhantas.
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Trigonometry passed from India to Arabia and then to Europe.
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The Greeks never studied trigonometry at all.
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sin⁻¹ is also called the arc sine function.

Straight from the Historical Note. Source: syllabus Maths Part I, Ch 2 Inverse Trigonometric Functions.