Saturday, 28 December 2013

geometry - The Sine Law: A Simplified Criterion for the Ambiguous Case?

Here is my suggestion for an issue that doesn't seem to be handled well in any online notes that I have seen. Can anyone give a counter-example?





If you are given a,b, and B in ABC (using the standard trig naming conventions) and you are using the Sine Law to solve for A in asinA=bsinB, then you would have a so-called Ambiguous Case if and only if $b



In that case, calculate the first value A1=sin1(asinBb). Calculate the second value A2=180A1.






Follow-up



Based on discussions here and elsewhere, here is my corrected version of the criterion:





If you are given a,b, and B in ABC (using the standard trig naming conventions) and you are using the Sine Law to solve for A in asinA=bsinB, then you would obtain at least one solution A1=sin1(asinBb). And you would have a so-called Ambiguous Case if and only if A190 and b<a.




In that case, you would have a second solution A2=180A1.

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