law of cosines

Summary

law of cosines is a theorem^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of theorem entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,028 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• law of cosines's image is recorded as Law of cosines with acute angles.svg^[3].
• law of cosines's image is recorded as Law of cosines with an obtuse angle.svg^[4].
• law of cosines's instance of is recorded as theorem^[5].
• Jamshīd al-Kāshī is named after law of cosines^[6].
• Lazare Carnot is named after law of cosines^[7].
• law of cosines's Commons category is recorded as Law of cosines^[8].
• law of cosines's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 21832^[9].
• law of cosines's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dksp^[10].
• law of cosines's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/law-of-cosines^[11].
• law of cosines's different from is recorded as law of sines^[12].
• law of cosines's statement describes is recorded as triangle^[13].
• law of cosines's defining formula is recorded as c^2 = a^2+b^2-2ab\cos C^[14].
• law of cosines's studied by is recorded as Euclidean geometry^[15].
• law of cosines's studied by is recorded as trigonometry^[16].
• law of cosines's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01218931n^[17].
• law of cosines's MathWorld ID is recorded as LawofCosines^[18].
• law of cosines's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 20610210^[19].
• law of cosines's nLab ID is recorded as Law of Cosines^[20].
• law of cosines's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[21].
• law of cosines's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 46002644^[22].
• law of cosines's Brilliant Wiki ID is recorded as cosine-rule^[23].
• law of cosines's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Law_of_Cosines‎^[24].
• law of cosines's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3887886^[25].
• law of cosines's Naver Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3340696^[26].
• law of cosines's Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID is recorded as kosinusu-teorema^[27].

Why It Matters

law of cosines ranks in the top 3% of theorem entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,028 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]