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For any triangle in the Euclidean plane with sides <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/s/s085/s085520/s0855201.png" /> and opposite angles <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/s/s085/s085520/s0855202.png" />, respectively, the equalities
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For any triangle in the Euclidean plane with sides $a,b,c$ and opposite angles $A,B,C$, respectively, the equalities
  
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$$\frac{a}{\sin A}=\frac{b}{\sin B}=\frac{c}{\sin C}=2R$$
  
hold, where <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/s/s085/s085520/s0855204.png" /> is the radius of the circumscribed circle.
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hold, where $R$ is the radius of the circumscribed circle.
  
  
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In spherical geometry the sine theorem reads
 
In spherical geometry the sine theorem reads
  
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$$\frac{\sin a}{\sin A}=\frac{\sin b}{\sin B}=\frac{\sin c}{\sin C},$$
  
 
and in Lobachevskii geometry:
 
and in Lobachevskii geometry:
  
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$$\frac{\sinh a}{\sin A}=\frac{\sinh b}{\sin B}=\frac{\sinh c}{\sin C}.$$
  
 
====References====
 
====References====
 
<table><TR><TD valign="top">[a1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  H.S.M. Coxeter,  S.L. Greitzer,  "Geometry revisited" , Math. Assoc. Amer.  (1975)</TD></TR></table>
 
<table><TR><TD valign="top">[a1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  H.S.M. Coxeter,  S.L. Greitzer,  "Geometry revisited" , Math. Assoc. Amer.  (1975)</TD></TR></table>

Latest revision as of 14:29, 19 March 2014

For any triangle in the Euclidean plane with sides $a,b,c$ and opposite angles $A,B,C$, respectively, the equalities

$$\frac{a}{\sin A}=\frac{b}{\sin B}=\frac{c}{\sin C}=2R$$

hold, where $R$ is the radius of the circumscribed circle.


Comments

In spherical geometry the sine theorem reads

$$\frac{\sin a}{\sin A}=\frac{\sin b}{\sin B}=\frac{\sin c}{\sin C},$$

and in Lobachevskii geometry:

$$\frac{\sinh a}{\sin A}=\frac{\sinh b}{\sin B}=\frac{\sinh c}{\sin C}.$$

References

[a1] H.S.M. Coxeter, S.L. Greitzer, "Geometry revisited" , Math. Assoc. Amer. (1975)
How to Cite This Entry:
Sine theorem. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Sine_theorem&oldid=12252
This article was adapted from an original article by Yu.A. Gor'kov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article