Talk:Small-angle approximation

Latest comment: 1 month ago by Musiconeologist in topic Title

Merger edit

i agree that it shold be merged 67.82.226.68 9:55, 13 March 2006

These articles should not be merged. The small angle formula is a special case of the small angle approximation, but the are used in different contexts.Smeapancol 10:00, 1 April 2006 (UTC)Reply

Merging two articles does not mean they describe exactly the same thing, it just means their (possibly different) subjects could be better presented as a single article because they have so much in common. —Keenan Pepper 15:29, 1 April 2006 (UTC)Reply
It is possible to merge if you create a section in "approximation" article called --Application in Astronomy-- and just copy-paste "formula" article there. --Alextalk 02:57, 10 May 2006 (UTC)Reply


Taylor Series Derivation Example edit

I believe for flow and resolved understanding of the reasoning behind the approximation of a small angle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matrixology7 (talkcontribs) 18:20, 10 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

Approximate value and angle edit

Angle 2001:4456:1C8:1A00:1552:F4D9:882B:EC0F (talk) 06:40, 4 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

Title edit

These are normally referred to in the plural as the small-angle approximations, and the article itself does that. I don't think this is a case where a singular title reflects the WP:COMMONNAME. (It took me several tries to successfully link here because of that.)

The article isn't about what "a small-angle approximation" is; it's about what a specific collection of formulae known as the small-angle approximations are. Musiconeologist (talk) 22:57, 30 March 2024 (UTC)Reply