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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Many overlook the possibility sin(x,360.0) ?
Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 10:35:16 +0200
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On 02/05/2017 08:37, reinert wrote:
> My point is that "x" and "period" has the same dimmension in sin(x,period).

Yes

> "x" (and "Period") may not represent radians or degree. "x" may
> represent for example time (seconds) or meters - or lightyears :-)

x/period must be dimensionless, which is satisfied when both have same 
dimension.

> In
> some way "radians" and "degree" are "dimmensionless" varaiables (do not
> miss-understand me here).

Yes, arguments of all non-algebraic functions must be dimensionless. So 
sine goes.

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