16 Dec
2020
16 Dec
'20
3:22 a.m.
The arclength of one period of sin x = the circumference of an ellipse with semiaxes 1 and √2. In[112]:= #1 == #2 == FunctionExpand@#1== N@# &[ArcLength[Circle[{0, 0}, {√2, 1}]], ArcLength[Sin@x, {x, 0, 2 π]}]] Out[112]= 4 EllipticE[-1] == 4 √2 EllipticE[1/2] == 4 √2 π^(3/2)/Gamma[1/4]^2 + Gamma[1/4]^2/√(2π) == 7.64039557805542 𝚪(¼) is the rightful value of the symbol 𝛕. And someone should write Beckmann II: A History of 𝛕. —rwg