Tangent ratio. Rules for finding trigonometric functions: sine, cosine, tangent and cotangent

  1. One of the legs of a right triangle is 25 cm. Calculate the length of the second leg if the angle adjacent to the known leg is 36º.

    Solution:

    According to the definition, the tangent of an acute angle in a right triangle is equal to the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent one. Leg a=25 cm is adjacent to the angle α=36º, and the unknown leg b is opposite. Then:

    $$ tg(\alpha) = \frac(b)(a) $$ , hence $$ b = a \cdot tg(\alpha) $$

    Let's make a substitution:

    $$ b = 25 \cdot tg (36^0) = 25 \cdot 0.727 = 18.175 cm$$

    Answer:

    $$ b = 18.175 cm$$

  2. Calculate the value of the expression: $$2 + tg(12^0) - tg^2 \left(\frac(\pi)(5) \right)$$

    Solution:

    When substituting, you need to take into account that one of the angles is measured in degrees, the other in radians:

    $$ 2 + tg(12^0) - tg^2 \left(\frac(\pi)(5) \right) = 2 + 0.213 - 0.727^2 \approx 1.684 $$

    Answer:
  3. To calculate the height of the Cheops pyramid, the scientist waited until the Sun from the place where he was located touched its top. Next, he measured the angular height of the Sun above the horizon, it turned out to be 21º, and the distance to the pyramid was 362 m. What is its height?

    Solution:

    The height of the pyramid H and the distance to it L are the legs of a right triangle, the hypotenuse of which is the sun's ray. Then the tangent of the angle at which the Sun is visible at the top of the pyramid is equal to:

    $$ tg \alpha = \frac(H)(L) $$, we calculate the height by transforming the formula:

    $$ H = L \cdot tg(\alpha) = 362 \cdot tg(21^0) = 138.96 $$

    Answer:

    $$ H = 138.96 $$

  4. Find tan α if the opposite side is 6 cm and the adjacent side is 5 cm.

    Solution:

    A-priory

    $$ tg \alpha = \frac(b)(a) $$

    $$ tg \alpha = \frac(6)(5) = 1.2 $$

    This means that the angle $$ \alpha = 50^(\circ) $$ .

    Answer:

    $$ tg \alpha = 1.2 $$

  5. Find tan α if the opposite side is 8 cm and the hypotenuse is 10 cm.

    Solution:

    Using the Pythagorean formula, we find the adjacent side of the triangle:

    $$ a = \sqrt((c^2 - b^2)) $$

    $$ a = \sqrt((10^2 - 8^2)) = \sqrt(36) = 6 \ cm $$

    A-priory

    $$ tg \ \alpha = \frac(8)(6) = 1.333$$

    This means that the angle $$ \alpha = 53^(\circ) $$ .

    Answer:

    $$ tg \alpha = 1.333 $$

  6. Find tan α if the adjacent leg is 2 times larger than the opposite one, and the hypotenuse is 5√5 cm.

    Solution:

    Using the Pythagorean formula, we find the legs of the triangle:

    $$ c = \sqrt( (b^2 + 4b^2) ) = \sqrt((5b^2)) = b\sqrt(5) $$

    $$ b = \frac(c)(\sqrt(5)) = \frac( 5\sqrt(5) )(\sqrt(5)) = 5 \ cm $$

    $$ a = 5 \cdot 2 = 10 \ cm $$

    A-priory

    $$ tg \ \alpha = \frac(b)(a) $$

    $$ tg \ \alpha = \frac(5)(10) = 0.5$$

    This means that the angle $$ \alpha = 27^(\circ) $$ .

    Answer:

    $$ tg \alpha = 0.5 $$

  7. Find tan α if the hypotenuse is 12 cm and the angle β=30°.

    Solution:

    Let's find the leg adjacent to the desired angle. It is known that a leg lying opposite an angle of 30° is equal to half the hypotenuse. Means,

    $$ a = 6 \ cm $$

    Using the Pythagorean theorem, we find the leg opposite to the desired angle:

    $$ b = \sqrt( (c^2 + a^2) ) $$

    $$ b = \sqrt( (144-36) ) = \sqrt(108) = 6\sqrt(3)$$

    A-priory

    $$ tg \ \alpha = \frac(b)(a) $$

    $$ tg \ \alpha = \frac(6 \sqrt(3))(6) = \sqrt(3) = 1.732 $$

    This means that the angle $$ \alpha = 60^(\circ) $$ .

    Answer:

    $$ tg \alpha = 1.732 $$

  8. Find tan α if the opposite and adjacent sides are equal and the hypotenuse is 6√2cm.

    Solution:

    A-priory

    $$ tg \ \alpha = \frac(b)(a) $$

    $$ tg \ \alpha = 1 $$

    This means that the angle $$ \alpha = 45^(\circ) $$ .

    Answer:

    The concepts of sine, cosine, tangent and cotangent are the main categories of trigonometry, a branch of mathematics, and are inextricably linked with the definition of angle. Mastery of this mathematical science requires memorization and understanding of formulas and theorems, as well as developed spatial thinking. This is why trigonometric calculations often cause difficulties for schoolchildren and students. To overcome them, you should become more familiar with trigonometric functions and formulas.

    Concepts in trigonometry

    To understand the basic concepts of trigonometry, you must first understand what a right triangle and an angle in a circle are, and why all basic trigonometric calculations are associated with them. A triangle in which one of the angles measures 90 degrees is rectangular. Historically, this figure was often used by people in architecture, navigation, art, and astronomy. Accordingly, by studying and analyzing the properties of this figure, people came to calculate the corresponding ratios of its parameters.

    The main categories associated with right triangles are the hypotenuse and the legs. The hypotenuse is the side of a triangle opposite the right angle. The legs, respectively, are the remaining two sides. The sum of the angles of any triangles is always 180 degrees.

    Spherical trigonometry is a section of trigonometry that is not studied in school, but in applied sciences such as astronomy and geodesy, scientists use it. The peculiarity of a triangle in spherical trigonometry is that it always has a sum of angles greater than 180 degrees.

    Angles of a triangle

    In a right triangle, the sine of an angle is the ratio of the leg opposite the desired angle to the hypotenuse of the triangle. Accordingly, cosine is the ratio of the adjacent leg and the hypotenuse. Both of these values ​​always have a magnitude less than one, since the hypotenuse is always longer than the leg.

    The tangent of an angle is a value equal to the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side of the desired angle, or sine to cosine. Cotangent, in turn, is the ratio of the adjacent side of the desired angle to the opposite side. The cotangent of an angle can also be obtained by dividing one by the tangent value.

    Unit circle

    A unit circle in geometry is a circle whose radius is equal to one. Such a circle is constructed in a Cartesian coordinate system, with the center of the circle coinciding with the origin point, and the initial position of the radius vector is determined along the positive direction of the X axis (abscissa axis). Each point on the circle has two coordinates: XX and YY, that is, the coordinates of the abscissa and ordinate. By selecting any point on the circle in the XX plane and dropping a perpendicular from it to the abscissa axis, we obtain a right triangle formed by the radius to the selected point (denoted by the letter C), the perpendicular drawn to the X axis (the intersection point is denoted by the letter G), and the segment the abscissa axis between the origin (the point is designated by the letter A) and the intersection point G. The resulting triangle ACG is a right triangle inscribed in a circle, where AG is the hypotenuse, and AC and GC are the legs. The angle between the radius of the circle AC and the segment of the abscissa axis with the designation AG is defined as α (alpha). So, cos α = AG/AC. Considering that AC is the radius of the unit circle, and it is equal to one, it turns out that cos α=AG. Likewise, sin α=CG.

    In addition, knowing this data, you can determine the coordinate of point C on the circle, since cos α=AG, and sin α=CG, which means point C has the given coordinates (cos α;sin α). Knowing that the tangent is equal to the ratio of sine to cosine, we can determine that tan α = y/x, and cot α = x/y. By considering angles in a negative coordinate system, you can calculate that the sine and cosine values ​​of some angles can be negative.

    Calculations and basic formulas


    Trigonometric function values

    Having considered the essence of trigonometric functions through the unit circle, we can derive the values ​​of these functions for some angles. The values ​​are listed in the table below.

    The simplest trigonometric identities

    Equations in which there is an unknown value under the sign of the trigonometric function are called trigonometric. Identities with the value sin x = α, k - any integer:

    1. sin x = 0, x = πk.
    2. 2. sin x = 1, x = π/2 + 2πk.
    3. sin x = -1, x = -π/2 + 2πk.
    4. sin x = a, |a| > 1, no solutions.
    5. sin x = a, |a| ≦ 1, x = (-1)^k * arcsin α + πk.

    Identities with the value cos x = a, where k is any integer:

    1. cos x = 0, x = π/2 + πk.
    2. cos x = 1, x = 2πk.
    3. cos x = -1, x = π + 2πk.
    4. cos x = a, |a| > 1, no solutions.
    5. cos x = a, |a| ≦ 1, x = ±arccos α + 2πk.

    Identities with the value tg x = a, where k is any integer:

    1. tan x = 0, x = π/2 + πk.
    2. tan x = a, x = arctan α + πk.

    Identities with the value ctg x = a, where k is any integer:

    1. cot x = 0, x = π/2 + πk.
    2. ctg x = a, x = arcctg α + πk.

    Reduction formulas

    This category of constant formulas denotes methods with which you can move from trigonometric functions of the form to functions of an argument, that is, reduce the sine, cosine, tangent and cotangent of an angle of any value to the corresponding indicators of the angle of the interval from 0 to 90 degrees for greater convenience of calculations.

    Formulas for reducing functions for the sine of an angle look like this:

    • sin(900 - α) = α;
    • sin(900 + α) = cos α;
    • sin(1800 - α) = sin α;
    • sin(1800 + α) = -sin α;
    • sin(2700 - α) = -cos α;
    • sin(2700 + α) = -cos α;
    • sin(3600 - α) = -sin α;
    • sin(3600 + α) = sin α.

    For cosine of angle:

    • cos(900 - α) = sin α;
    • cos(900 + α) = -sin α;
    • cos(1800 - α) = -cos α;
    • cos(1800 + α) = -cos α;
    • cos(2700 - α) = -sin α;
    • cos(2700 + α) = sin α;
    • cos(3600 - α) = cos α;
    • cos(3600 + α) = cos α.

    The use of the above formulas is possible subject to two rules. First, if the angle can be represented as a value (π/2 ± a) or (3π/2 ± a), the value of the function changes:

    • from sin to cos;
    • from cos to sin;
    • from tg to ctg;
    • from ctg to tg.

    The value of the function remains unchanged if the angle can be represented as (π ± a) or (2π ± a).

    Secondly, the sign of the reduced function does not change: if it was initially positive, it remains so. Same with negative functions.

    Addition formulas

    These formulas express the values ​​of sine, cosine, tangent and cotangent of the sum and difference of two rotation angles through their trigonometric functions. Typically the angles are denoted as α and β.

    The formulas look like this:

    1. sin(α ± β) = sin α * cos β ± cos α * sin.
    2. cos(α ± β) = cos α * cos β ∓ sin α * sin.
    3. tan(α ± β) = (tg α ± tan β) / (1 ∓ tan α * tan β).
    4. ctg(α ± β) = (-1 ± ctg α * ctg β) / (ctg α ± ctg β).

    These formulas are valid for any angles α and β.

    Double and triple angle formulas

    The double and triple angle trigonometric formulas are formulas that relate the functions of the angles 2α and 3α, respectively, to the trigonometric functions of the angle α. Derived from addition formulas:

    1. sin2α = 2sinα*cosα.
    2. cos2α = 1 - 2sin^2 α.
    3. tan2α = 2tgα / (1 - tan^2 α).
    4. sin3α = 3sinα - 4sin^3 α.
    5. cos3α = 4cos^3 α - 3cosα.
    6. tg3α = (3tgα - tg^3 α) / (1-tg^2 α).

    Transition from sum to product

    Considering that 2sinx*cosy = sin(x+y) + sin(x-y), simplifying this formula, we obtain the identity sinα + sinβ = 2sin(α + β)/2 * cos(α − β)/2. Similarly sinα - sinβ = 2sin(α - β)/2 * cos(α + β)/2; cosα + cosβ = 2cos(α + β)/2 * cos(α − β)/2; cosα — cosβ = 2sin(α + β)/2 * sin(α − β)/2; tanα + tanβ = sin(α + β) / cosα * cosβ; tgα - tgβ = sin(α - β) / cosα * cosβ; cosα + sinα = √2sin(π/4 ∓ α) = √2cos(π/4 ± α).

    Transition from product to sum

    These formulas follow from the identities of the transition of a sum to a product:

    • sinα * sinβ = 1/2*;
    • cosα * cosβ = 1/2*;
    • sinα * cosβ = 1/2*.

    Degree reduction formulas

    In these identities, the square and cubic powers of sine and cosine can be expressed in terms of the sine and cosine of the first power of a multiple angle:

    • sin^2 α = (1 - cos2α)/2;
    • cos^2 α = (1 + cos2α)/2;
    • sin^3 α = (3 * sinα - sin3α)/4;
    • cos^3 α = (3 * cosα + cos3α)/4;
    • sin^4 α = (3 - 4cos2α + cos4α)/8;
    • cos^4 α = (3 + 4cos2α + cos4α)/8.

    Universal substitution

    Formulas for universal trigonometric substitution express trigonometric functions in terms of the tangent of a half angle.

    • sin x = (2tgx/2) * (1 + tan^2 x/2), with x = π + 2πn;
    • cos x = (1 - tan^2 x/2) / (1 + tan^2 x/2), where x = π + 2πn;
    • tg x = (2tgx/2) / (1 - tg^2 x/2), where x = π + 2πn;
    • cot x = (1 - tg^2 x/2) / (2tgx/2), with x = π + 2πn.

    Special cases

    Special cases of the simplest trigonometric equations are given below (k is any integer).

    Quotients for sine:

    Sin x value x value
    0 πk
    1 π/2 + 2πk
    -1 -π/2 + 2πk
    1/2 π/6 + 2πk or 5π/6 + 2πk
    -1/2 -π/6 + 2πk or -5π/6 + 2πk
    √2/2 π/4 + 2πk or 3π/4 + 2πk
    -√2/2 -π/4 + 2πk or -3π/4 + 2πk
    √3/2 π/3 + 2πk or 2π/3 + 2πk
    -√3/2 -π/3 + 2πk or -2π/3 + 2πk

    Quotients for cosine:

    cos x value x value
    0 π/2 + 2πk
    1 2πk
    -1 2 + 2πk
    1/2 ±π/3 + 2πk
    -1/2 ±2π/3 + 2πk
    √2/2 ±π/4 + 2πk
    -√2/2 ±3π/4 + 2πk
    √3/2 ±π/6 + 2πk
    -√3/2 ±5π/6 + 2πk

    Quotients for tangent:

    tg x value x value
    0 πk
    1 π/4 + πk
    -1 -π/4 + πk
    √3/3 π/6 + πk
    -√3/3 -π/6 + πk
    √3 π/3 + πk
    -√3 -π/3 + πk

    Quotients for cotangent:

    ctg x value x value
    0 π/2 + πk
    1 π/4 + πk
    -1 -π/4 + πk
    √3 π/6 + πk
    -√3 -π/3 + πk
    √3/3 π/3 + πk
    -√3/3 -π/3 + πk

    Theorems

    Theorem of sines

    There are two versions of the theorem - simple and extended. Simple sine theorem: a/sin α = b/sin β = c/sin γ. In this case, a, b, c are the sides of the triangle, and α, β, γ are the opposite angles, respectively.

    Extended sine theorem for an arbitrary triangle: a/sin α = b/sin β = c/sin γ = 2R. In this identity, R denotes the radius of the circle in which the given triangle is inscribed.

    Cosine theorem

    The identity is displayed as follows: a^2 = b^2 + c^2 - 2*b*c*cos α. In the formula, a, b, c are the sides of the triangle, and α is the angle opposite to side a.

    Tangent theorem

    The formula expresses the relationship between the tangents of two angles and the length of the sides opposite them. The sides are labeled a, b, c, and the corresponding opposite angles are α, β, γ. Formula of the tangent theorem: (a - b) / (a+b) = tan((α - β)/2) / tan((α + β)/2).

    Cotangent theorem

    Connects the radius of a circle inscribed in a triangle with the length of its sides. If a, b, c are the sides of the triangle, and A, B, C, respectively, are the angles opposite them, r is the radius of the inscribed circle, and p is the semi-perimeter of the triangle, the following identities are valid:

    • cot A/2 = (p-a)/r;
    • cot B/2 = (p-b)/r;
    • cot C/2 = (p-c)/r.

    Application

    Trigonometry is not only a theoretical science associated with mathematical formulas. Its properties, theorems and rules are used in practice by various branches of human activity - astronomy, air and sea navigation, music theory, geodesy, chemistry, acoustics, optics, electronics, architecture, economics, mechanical engineering, measuring work, computer graphics, cartography, oceanography, and many others.

    Sine, cosine, tangent and cotangent are the basic concepts of trigonometry, with the help of which one can mathematically express the relationships between the angles and lengths of the sides in a triangle, and find the required quantities through identities, theorems and rules.

    Simply put, these are vegetables cooked in water according to a special recipe. I will consider two initial components (vegetable salad and water) and the finished result - borscht. Geometrically, it can be thought of as a rectangle, with one side representing lettuce and the other side representing water. The sum of these two sides will indicate borscht. The diagonal and area of ​​such a “borscht” rectangle are purely mathematical concepts and are never used in borscht recipes.


    How do lettuce and water turn into borscht from a mathematical point of view? How can the sum of two line segments become trigonometry? To understand this, we need linear angular functions.


    You won't find anything about linear angular functions in math textbooks. But without them there can be no mathematics. The laws of mathematics, like the laws of nature, work regardless of whether we know about their existence or not.

    Linear angular functions are addition laws. See how algebra turns into geometry and geometry turns into trigonometry.

    Is it possible to do without linear angular functions? It’s possible, because mathematicians still manage without them. The trick of mathematicians is that they always tell us only about those problems that they themselves know how to solve, and never talk about those problems that they cannot solve. Look. If we know the result of addition and one term, we use subtraction to find the other term. All. We don’t know other problems and we don’t know how to solve them. What should we do if we only know the result of the addition and do not know both terms? In this case, the result of the addition must be decomposed into two terms using linear angular functions. Next, we ourselves choose what one term can be, and linear angular functions show what the second term should be so that the result of the addition is exactly what we need. There can be an infinite number of such pairs of terms. In everyday life, we get along just fine without decomposing the sum; subtraction is enough for us. But in scientific research into the laws of nature, decomposing a sum into its components can be very useful.

    Another law of addition that mathematicians don't like to talk about (another of their tricks) requires that the terms have the same units of measurement. For salad, water, and borscht, these could be units of weight, volume, value, or unit of measure.

    The figure shows two levels of difference for mathematical . The first level is the differences in the field of numbers, which are indicated a, b, c. This is what mathematicians do. The second level is the differences in the field of units of measurement, which are shown in square brackets and indicated by the letter U. This is what physicists do. We can understand the third level - differences in the area of ​​​​the objects being described. Different objects can have the same number of identical units of measurement. How important this is, we can see in the example of borscht trigonometry. If we add subscripts to the same unit designation for different objects, we can say exactly what mathematical quantity describes a particular object and how it changes over time or due to our actions. Letter W I will designate water with a letter S I'll designate the salad with a letter B- borsch. This is what linear angular functions for borscht will look like.

    If we take some part of the water and some part of the salad, together they will turn into one portion of borscht. Here I suggest you take a little break from borscht and remember your distant childhood. Remember how we were taught to put bunnies and ducks together? It was necessary to find how many animals there would be. What were we taught to do then? We were taught to separate units of measurement from numbers and add numbers. Yes, any one number can be added to any other number. This is a direct path to the autism of modern mathematics - we do it incomprehensibly what, incomprehensibly why, and very poorly understand how this relates to reality, because of the three levels of difference, mathematicians operate with only one. It would be more correct to learn how to move from one unit of measurement to another.

    Bunnies, ducks, and little animals can be counted in pieces. One common unit of measurement for different objects allows us to add them together. This is a children's version of the problem. Let's look at a similar task for adults. What do you get when you add bunnies and money? There are two possible solutions here.

    First option. We determine the market value of the bunnies and add it to the available amount of money. We got the total value of our wealth in monetary terms.

    Second option. You can add the number of bunnies to the number of banknotes we have. We will receive the amount of movable property in pieces.

    As you can see, the same addition law allows you to get different results. It all depends on what exactly we want to know.

    But let's get back to our borscht. Now we can see what will happen for different angle values ​​of linear angular functions.

    The angle is zero. We have salad, but no water. We can't cook borscht. The amount of borscht is also zero. This does not mean at all that zero borscht is equal to zero water. There can be zero borscht with zero salad (right angle).


    For me personally, this is the main mathematical proof of the fact that . Zero does not change the number when added. This happens because addition itself is impossible if there is only one term and the second term is missing. You can feel about this as you like, but remember - all mathematical operations with zero were invented by mathematicians themselves, so throw away your logic and stupidly cram the definitions invented by mathematicians: “division by zero is impossible”, “any number multiplied by zero equals zero” , “beyond the puncture point zero” and other nonsense. It is enough to remember once that zero is not a number, and you will never again have a question whether zero is a natural number or not, because such a question loses all meaning: how can something that is not a number be considered a number? It's like asking what color an invisible color should be classified as. Adding a zero to a number is the same as painting with paint that is not there. We waved a dry brush and told everyone that “we painted.” But I digress a little.

    The angle is greater than zero but less than forty-five degrees. We have a lot of lettuce, but not enough water. As a result, we will get thick borscht.

    The angle is forty-five degrees. We have equal quantities of water and salad. This is the perfect borscht (forgive me, chefs, it's just math).

    The angle is greater than forty-five degrees, but less than ninety degrees. We have a lot of water and little salad. You will get liquid borscht.

    Right angle. We have water. All that remains of the salad are memories, as we continue to measure the angle from the line that once marked the salad. We can't cook borscht. The amount of borscht is zero. In this case, hold on and drink water while you have it)))

    Here. Something like this. I can tell other stories here that would be more than appropriate here.

    Two friends had their shares in a common business. After killing one of them, everything went to the other.

    The emergence of mathematics on our planet.

    All these stories are told in the language of mathematics using linear angular functions. Some other time I will show you the real place of these functions in the structure of mathematics. In the meantime, let's return to borscht trigonometry and consider projections.

    Saturday, October 26, 2019

    Wednesday, August 7, 2019

    Concluding the conversation about, we need to consider an infinite set. The point is that the concept of “infinity” affects mathematicians like a boa constrictor affects a rabbit. The trembling horror of infinity deprives mathematicians of common sense. Here's an example:

    The original source is located. Alpha stands for real number. The equal sign in the above expressions indicates that if you add a number or infinity to infinity, nothing will change, the result will be the same infinity. If we take the infinite set of natural numbers as an example, then the considered examples can be represented in the following form:

    To clearly prove that they were right, mathematicians came up with many different methods. Personally, I look at all these methods as shamans dancing with tambourines. Essentially, they all boil down to the fact that either some of the rooms are unoccupied and new guests are moving in, or that some of the visitors are thrown out into the corridor to make room for guests (very humanly). I presented my view on such decisions in the form of a fantasy story about the Blonde. What is my reasoning based on? Relocating an infinite number of visitors takes an infinite amount of time. After we have vacated the first room for a guest, one of the visitors will always walk along the corridor from his room to the next one until the end of time. Of course, the time factor can be stupidly ignored, but this will be in the category of “no law is written for fools.” It all depends on what we are doing: adjusting reality to mathematical theories or vice versa.

    What is an “endless hotel”? An infinite hotel is a hotel that always has any number of empty beds, regardless of how many rooms are occupied. If all the rooms in the endless "visitor" corridor are occupied, there is another endless corridor with "guest" rooms. There will be an infinite number of such corridors. Moreover, the “infinite hotel” has an infinite number of floors in an infinite number of buildings on an infinite number of planets in an infinite number of universes created by an infinite number of Gods. Mathematicians are not able to distance themselves from banal everyday problems: there is always only one God-Allah-Buddha, there is only one hotel, there is only one corridor. So mathematicians are trying to juggle the serial numbers of hotel rooms, convincing us that it is possible to “shove in the impossible.”

    I will demonstrate the logic of my reasoning to you using the example of an infinite set of natural numbers. First you need to answer a very simple question: how many sets of natural numbers are there - one or many? There is no correct answer to this question, since we invented numbers ourselves; numbers do not exist in Nature. Yes, Nature is great at counting, but for this she uses other mathematical tools that are not familiar to us. I’ll tell you what Nature thinks another time. Since we invented numbers, we ourselves will decide how many sets of natural numbers there are. Let's consider both options, as befits real scientists.

    Option one. “Let us be given” one single set of natural numbers, which lies serenely on the shelf. We take this set from the shelf. That's it, there are no other natural numbers left on the shelf and nowhere to take them. We cannot add one to this set, since we already have it. What if you really want to? No problem. We can take one from the set we have already taken and return it to the shelf. After that, we can take one from the shelf and add it to what we have left. As a result, we will again get an infinite set of natural numbers. You can write down all our manipulations like this:

    I wrote down the actions in algebraic notation and in set theory notation, with a detailed listing of the elements of the set. The subscript indicates that we have one and only set of natural numbers. It turns out that the set of natural numbers will remain unchanged only if one is subtracted from it and the same unit is added.

    Option two. We have many different infinite sets of natural numbers on our shelf. I emphasize - DIFFERENT, despite the fact that they are practically indistinguishable. Let's take one of these sets. Then we take one from another set of natural numbers and add it to the set we have already taken. We can even add two sets of natural numbers. This is what we get:

    The subscripts "one" and "two" indicate that these elements belonged to different sets. Yes, if you add one to an infinite set, the result will also be an infinite set, but it will not be the same as the original set. If you add another infinite set to one infinite set, the result is a new infinite set consisting of the elements of the first two sets.

    The set of natural numbers is used for counting in the same way as a ruler is for measuring. Now imagine that you added one centimeter to the ruler. This will be a different line, not equal to the original one.

    You can accept or not accept my reasoning - it is your own business. But if you ever encounter mathematical problems, think about whether you are following the path of false reasoning trodden by generations of mathematicians. After all, studying mathematics, first of all, forms a stable stereotype of thinking in us, and only then adds to our mental abilities (or, conversely, deprives us of free-thinking).

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    Sunday, August 4, 2019

    I was finishing a postscript to an article about and saw this wonderful text on Wikipedia:

    We read: "... the rich theoretical basis of the mathematics of Babylon did not have a holistic character and was reduced to a set of disparate techniques, devoid of a common system and evidence base."

    Wow! How smart we are and how well we can see the shortcomings of others. Is it difficult for us to look at modern mathematics in the same context? Slightly paraphrasing the above text, I personally got the following:

    The rich theoretical basis of modern mathematics is not holistic in nature and is reduced to a set of disparate sections, devoid of a common system and evidence base.

    I won’t go far to confirm my words - it has a language and conventions that are different from the language and conventions of many other branches of mathematics. The same names in different branches of mathematics can have different meanings. I want to devote a whole series of publications to the most obvious mistakes of modern mathematics. See you soon.

    Saturday, August 3, 2019

    How to divide a set into subsets? To do this, you need to enter a new unit of measurement that is present in some of the elements of the selected set. Let's look at an example.

    May we have plenty A consisting of four people. This set is formed on the basis of “people.” Let us denote the elements of this set by the letter A, the subscript with a number will indicate the serial number of each person in this set. Let's introduce a new unit of measurement "gender" and denote it by the letter b. Since sexual characteristics are inherent in all people, we multiply each element of the set A based on gender b. Notice that our set of “people” has now become a set of “people with gender characteristics.” After this we can divide the sexual characteristics into male bm and women's bw sexual characteristics. Now we can apply a mathematical filter: we select one of these sexual characteristics, no matter which one - male or female. If a person has it, then we multiply it by one, if there is no such sign, we multiply it by zero. And then we use regular school mathematics. Look what happened.

    After multiplication, reduction and rearrangement, we ended up with two subsets: the subset of men Bm and a subset of women Bw. Mathematicians reason in approximately the same way when they apply set theory in practice. But they don’t tell us the details, but give us the finished result - “a lot of people consist of a subset of men and a subset of women.” Naturally, you may have a question: how correctly has the mathematics been applied in the transformations outlined above? I dare to assure you that, in essence, the transformations were done correctly; it is enough to know the mathematical basis of arithmetic, Boolean algebra and other branches of mathematics. What it is? Some other time I will tell you about this.

    As for supersets, you can combine two sets into one superset by selecting the unit of measurement present in the elements of these two sets.

    As you can see, units of measurement and ordinary mathematics make set theory a relic of the past. A sign that all is not well with set theory is that mathematicians have come up with their own language and notation for set theory. Mathematicians acted as shamans once did. Only shamans know how to “correctly” apply their “knowledge.” They teach us this “knowledge”.

    In conclusion, I want to show you how mathematicians manipulate .

    Monday, January 7, 2019

    In the fifth century BC, the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea formulated his famous aporias, the most famous of which is the “Achilles and the Tortoise” aporia. Here's what it sounds like:

    Let's say Achilles runs ten times faster than the tortoise and is a thousand steps behind it. During the time it takes Achilles to run this distance, the tortoise will crawl a hundred steps in the same direction. When Achilles runs a hundred steps, the tortoise crawls another ten steps, and so on. The process will continue ad infinitum, Achilles will never catch up with the tortoise.

    This reasoning became a logical shock for all subsequent generations. Aristotle, Diogenes, Kant, Hegel, Hilbert... They all considered Zeno's aporia in one way or another. The shock was so strong that " ... discussions continue to this day; the scientific community has not yet been able to come to a common opinion on the essence of paradoxes ... mathematical analysis, set theory, new physical and philosophical approaches were involved in the study of the issue; none of them became a generally accepted solution to the problem..."[Wikipedia, "Zeno's Aporia". Everyone understands that they are being fooled, but no one understands what the deception consists of.

    From a mathematical point of view, Zeno in his aporia clearly demonstrated the transition from quantity to . This transition implies application instead of permanent ones. As far as I understand, the mathematical apparatus for using variable units of measurement has either not yet been developed, or it has not been applied to Zeno’s aporia. Applying our usual logic leads us into a trap. We, due to the inertia of thinking, apply constant units of time to the reciprocal value. From a physical point of view, this looks like time slowing down until it stops completely at the moment when Achilles catches up with the turtle. If time stops, Achilles can no longer outrun the tortoise.

    If we turn our usual logic around, everything falls into place. Achilles runs at a constant speed. Each subsequent segment of his path is ten times shorter than the previous one. Accordingly, the time spent on overcoming it is ten times less than the previous one. If we apply the concept of “infinity” in this situation, then it would be correct to say “Achilles will catch up with the turtle infinitely quickly.”

    How to avoid this logical trap? Remain in constant units of time and do not switch to reciprocal units. In Zeno's language it looks like this:

    In the time it takes Achilles to run a thousand steps, the tortoise will crawl a hundred steps in the same direction. During the next time interval equal to the first, Achilles will run another thousand steps, and the tortoise will crawl a hundred steps. Now Achilles is eight hundred steps ahead of the tortoise.

    This approach adequately describes reality without any logical paradoxes. But this is not a complete solution to the problem. Einstein’s statement about the irresistibility of the speed of light is very similar to Zeno’s aporia “Achilles and the Tortoise”. We still have to study, rethink and solve this problem. And the solution must be sought not in infinitely large numbers, but in units of measurement.

    Another interesting aporia of Zeno tells about a flying arrow:

    A flying arrow is motionless, since at every moment of time it is at rest, and since it is at rest at every moment of time, it is always at rest.

    In this aporia, the logical paradox is overcome very simply - it is enough to clarify that at each moment of time a flying arrow is at rest at different points in space, which, in fact, is motion. Another point needs to be noted here. From one photograph of a car on the road it is impossible to determine either the fact of its movement or the distance to it. To determine whether a car is moving, you need two photographs taken from the same point at different points in time, but you cannot determine the distance from them. To determine the distance to a car, you need two photographs taken from different points in space at one point in time, but from them you cannot determine the fact of movement (of course, you still need additional data for calculations, trigonometry will help you). What I want to draw special attention to is that two points in time and two points in space are different things that should not be confused, because they provide different opportunities for research.
    I'll show you the process with an example. We select the “red solid in a pimple” - this is our “whole”. At the same time, we see that these things are with a bow, and there are without a bow. After that, we select part of the “whole” and form a set “with a bow”. This is how shamans get their food by tying their set theory to reality.

    Now let's do a little trick. Let’s take “solid with a pimple with a bow” and combine these “wholes” according to color, selecting the red elements. We got a lot of "red". Now the final question: are the resulting sets “with a bow” and “red” the same set or two different sets? Only shamans know the answer. More precisely, they themselves do not know anything, but as they say, so it will be.

    This simple example shows that set theory is completely useless when it comes to reality. What's the secret? We formed a set of "red solid with a pimple and a bow." The formation took place in four different units of measurement: color (red), strength (solid), roughness (pimply), decoration (with a bow). Only a set of units of measurement allows us to adequately describe real objects in the language of mathematics. This is what it looks like.

    The letter "a" with different indices denotes different units of measurement. The units of measurement by which the “whole” is distinguished at the preliminary stage are highlighted in brackets. The unit of measurement by which the set is formed is taken out of brackets. The last line shows the final result - an element of the set. As you can see, if we use units of measurement to form a set, then the result does not depend on the order of our actions. And this is mathematics, and not the dancing of shamans with tambourines. Shamans can “intuitively” come to the same result, arguing that it is “obvious,” because units of measurement are not part of their “scientific” arsenal.

    Using units of measurement, it is very easy to split one set or combine several sets into one superset. Let's take a closer look at the algebra of this process.

    Where problems on solving a right triangle were considered, I promised to present a technique for memorizing the definitions of sine and cosine. Using it, you will always quickly remember which side belongs to the hypotenuse (adjacent or opposite). I decided not to put it off for a long time, the necessary material is below, please read it 😉

    The fact is that I have repeatedly observed how students in grades 10-11 have difficulty remembering these definitions. They remember very well that the leg refers to the hypotenuse, but which one- they forget and confused. The price of a mistake, as you know in an exam, is a lost point.

    The information I will present directly has nothing to do with mathematics. It is associated with figurative thinking and with methods of verbal-logical communication. That's exactly how I remember it, once and for alldefinition data. If you do forget them, you can always easily remember them using the techniques presented.

    Let me remind you of the definitions of sine and cosine in a right triangle:

    Cosine The acute angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the adjacent leg to the hypotenuse:

    Sinus The acute angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse:

    So, what associations do you have with the word cosine?

    Probably everyone has their own 😉Remember the link:

    Thus, the expression will immediately appear in your memory -

    «… ratio of the ADJACENT leg to the hypotenuse».

    The problem with determining cosine has been solved.

    If you need to remember the definition of sine in a right triangle, then remembering the definition of cosine, you can easily establish that the sine of an acute angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse. After all, there are only two legs; if the adjacent leg is “occupied” by the cosine, then only the opposite leg remains with the sine.

    What about tangent and cotangent? The confusion is the same. Students know that this is a relationship of legs, but the problem is to remember which one refers to which - either the opposite to the adjacent, or vice versa.

    Definitions:

    Tangent The acute angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side:

    Cotangent The acute angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the adjacent side to the opposite:

    How to remember? There are two ways. One also uses a verbal-logical connection, the other uses a mathematical one.

    MATHEMATICAL METHOD

    There is such a definition - the tangent of an acute angle is the ratio of the sine of the angle to its cosine:

    *Having memorized the formula, you can always determine that the tangent of an acute angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side.

    Likewise.The cotangent of an acute angle is the ratio of the cosine of the angle to its sine:

    So! By remembering these formulas, you can always determine that:

    - the tangent of an acute angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent one

    — the cotangent of an acute angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the adjacent side to the opposite side.

    WORD-LOGICAL METHOD

    About tangent. Remember the link:

    That is, if you need to remember the definition of tangent, using this logical connection, you can easily remember what it is

    “... the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side”

    If we talk about cotangent, then remembering the definition of tangent you can easily voice the definition of cotangent -

    “... the ratio of the adjacent side to the opposite side”

    There is an interesting trick for remembering tangent and cotangent on the website " Mathematical tandem " , look.

    UNIVERSAL METHOD

    You can just memorize it.But as practice shows, thanks to verbal-logical connections, a person remembers information for a long time, and not only mathematical ones.

    I hope the material was useful to you.

    Sincerely, Alexander Krutitskikh

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    Simply put, these are vegetables cooked in water according to a special recipe. I will consider two initial components (vegetable salad and water) and the finished result - borscht. Geometrically, it can be thought of as a rectangle, with one side representing lettuce and the other side representing water. The sum of these two sides will indicate borscht. The diagonal and area of ​​such a “borscht” rectangle are purely mathematical concepts and are never used in borscht recipes.


    How do lettuce and water turn into borscht from a mathematical point of view? How can the sum of two line segments become trigonometry? To understand this, we need linear angular functions.


    You won't find anything about linear angular functions in math textbooks. But without them there can be no mathematics. The laws of mathematics, like the laws of nature, work regardless of whether we know about their existence or not.

    Linear angular functions are addition laws. See how algebra turns into geometry and geometry turns into trigonometry.

    Is it possible to do without linear angular functions? It’s possible, because mathematicians still manage without them. The trick of mathematicians is that they always tell us only about those problems that they themselves know how to solve, and never talk about those problems that they cannot solve. Look. If we know the result of addition and one term, we use subtraction to find the other term. All. We don’t know other problems and we don’t know how to solve them. What should we do if we only know the result of the addition and do not know both terms? In this case, the result of the addition must be decomposed into two terms using linear angular functions. Next, we ourselves choose what one term can be, and linear angular functions show what the second term should be so that the result of the addition is exactly what we need. There can be an infinite number of such pairs of terms. In everyday life, we get along just fine without decomposing the sum; subtraction is enough for us. But in scientific research into the laws of nature, decomposing a sum into its components can be very useful.

    Another law of addition that mathematicians don't like to talk about (another of their tricks) requires that the terms have the same units of measurement. For salad, water, and borscht, these could be units of weight, volume, value, or unit of measure.

    The figure shows two levels of difference for mathematical . The first level is the differences in the field of numbers, which are indicated a, b, c. This is what mathematicians do. The second level is the differences in the field of units of measurement, which are shown in square brackets and indicated by the letter U. This is what physicists do. We can understand the third level - differences in the area of ​​​​the objects being described. Different objects can have the same number of identical units of measurement. How important this is, we can see in the example of borscht trigonometry. If we add subscripts to the same unit designation for different objects, we can say exactly what mathematical quantity describes a particular object and how it changes over time or due to our actions. Letter W I will designate water with a letter S I'll designate the salad with a letter B- borsch. This is what linear angular functions for borscht will look like.

    If we take some part of the water and some part of the salad, together they will turn into one portion of borscht. Here I suggest you take a little break from borscht and remember your distant childhood. Remember how we were taught to put bunnies and ducks together? It was necessary to find how many animals there would be. What were we taught to do then? We were taught to separate units of measurement from numbers and add numbers. Yes, any one number can be added to any other number. This is a direct path to the autism of modern mathematics - we do it incomprehensibly what, incomprehensibly why, and very poorly understand how this relates to reality, because of the three levels of difference, mathematicians operate with only one. It would be more correct to learn how to move from one unit of measurement to another.

    Bunnies, ducks, and little animals can be counted in pieces. One common unit of measurement for different objects allows us to add them together. This is a children's version of the problem. Let's look at a similar task for adults. What do you get when you add bunnies and money? There are two possible solutions here.

    First option. We determine the market value of the bunnies and add it to the available amount of money. We got the total value of our wealth in monetary terms.

    Second option. You can add the number of bunnies to the number of banknotes we have. We will receive the amount of movable property in pieces.

    As you can see, the same addition law allows you to get different results. It all depends on what exactly we want to know.

    But let's get back to our borscht. Now we can see what will happen for different angle values ​​of linear angular functions.

    The angle is zero. We have salad, but no water. We can't cook borscht. The amount of borscht is also zero. This does not mean at all that zero borscht is equal to zero water. There can be zero borscht with zero salad (right angle).


    For me personally, this is the main mathematical proof of the fact that . Zero does not change the number when added. This happens because addition itself is impossible if there is only one term and the second term is missing. You can feel about this as you like, but remember - all mathematical operations with zero were invented by mathematicians themselves, so throw away your logic and stupidly cram the definitions invented by mathematicians: “division by zero is impossible”, “any number multiplied by zero equals zero” , “beyond the puncture point zero” and other nonsense. It is enough to remember once that zero is not a number, and you will never again have a question whether zero is a natural number or not, because such a question loses all meaning: how can something that is not a number be considered a number? It's like asking what color an invisible color should be classified as. Adding a zero to a number is the same as painting with paint that is not there. We waved a dry brush and told everyone that “we painted.” But I digress a little.

    The angle is greater than zero but less than forty-five degrees. We have a lot of lettuce, but not enough water. As a result, we will get thick borscht.

    The angle is forty-five degrees. We have equal quantities of water and salad. This is the perfect borscht (forgive me, chefs, it's just math).

    The angle is greater than forty-five degrees, but less than ninety degrees. We have a lot of water and little salad. You will get liquid borscht.

    Right angle. We have water. All that remains of the salad are memories, as we continue to measure the angle from the line that once marked the salad. We can't cook borscht. The amount of borscht is zero. In this case, hold on and drink water while you have it)))

    Here. Something like this. I can tell other stories here that would be more than appropriate here.

    Two friends had their shares in a common business. After killing one of them, everything went to the other.

    The emergence of mathematics on our planet.

    All these stories are told in the language of mathematics using linear angular functions. Some other time I will show you the real place of these functions in the structure of mathematics. In the meantime, let's return to borscht trigonometry and consider projections.

    Saturday, October 26, 2019

    Wednesday, August 7, 2019

    Concluding the conversation about, we need to consider an infinite set. The point is that the concept of “infinity” affects mathematicians like a boa constrictor affects a rabbit. The trembling horror of infinity deprives mathematicians of common sense. Here's an example:

    The original source is located. Alpha stands for real number. The equal sign in the above expressions indicates that if you add a number or infinity to infinity, nothing will change, the result will be the same infinity. If we take the infinite set of natural numbers as an example, then the considered examples can be represented in the following form:

    To clearly prove that they were right, mathematicians came up with many different methods. Personally, I look at all these methods as shamans dancing with tambourines. Essentially, they all boil down to the fact that either some of the rooms are unoccupied and new guests are moving in, or that some of the visitors are thrown out into the corridor to make room for guests (very humanly). I presented my view on such decisions in the form of a fantasy story about the Blonde. What is my reasoning based on? Relocating an infinite number of visitors takes an infinite amount of time. After we have vacated the first room for a guest, one of the visitors will always walk along the corridor from his room to the next one until the end of time. Of course, the time factor can be stupidly ignored, but this will be in the category of “no law is written for fools.” It all depends on what we are doing: adjusting reality to mathematical theories or vice versa.

    What is an “endless hotel”? An infinite hotel is a hotel that always has any number of empty beds, regardless of how many rooms are occupied. If all the rooms in the endless "visitor" corridor are occupied, there is another endless corridor with "guest" rooms. There will be an infinite number of such corridors. Moreover, the “infinite hotel” has an infinite number of floors in an infinite number of buildings on an infinite number of planets in an infinite number of universes created by an infinite number of Gods. Mathematicians are not able to distance themselves from banal everyday problems: there is always only one God-Allah-Buddha, there is only one hotel, there is only one corridor. So mathematicians are trying to juggle the serial numbers of hotel rooms, convincing us that it is possible to “shove in the impossible.”

    I will demonstrate the logic of my reasoning to you using the example of an infinite set of natural numbers. First you need to answer a very simple question: how many sets of natural numbers are there - one or many? There is no correct answer to this question, since we invented numbers ourselves; numbers do not exist in Nature. Yes, Nature is great at counting, but for this she uses other mathematical tools that are not familiar to us. I’ll tell you what Nature thinks another time. Since we invented numbers, we ourselves will decide how many sets of natural numbers there are. Let's consider both options, as befits real scientists.

    Option one. “Let us be given” one single set of natural numbers, which lies serenely on the shelf. We take this set from the shelf. That's it, there are no other natural numbers left on the shelf and nowhere to take them. We cannot add one to this set, since we already have it. What if you really want to? No problem. We can take one from the set we have already taken and return it to the shelf. After that, we can take one from the shelf and add it to what we have left. As a result, we will again get an infinite set of natural numbers. You can write down all our manipulations like this:

    I wrote down the actions in algebraic notation and in set theory notation, with a detailed listing of the elements of the set. The subscript indicates that we have one and only set of natural numbers. It turns out that the set of natural numbers will remain unchanged only if one is subtracted from it and the same unit is added.

    Option two. We have many different infinite sets of natural numbers on our shelf. I emphasize - DIFFERENT, despite the fact that they are practically indistinguishable. Let's take one of these sets. Then we take one from another set of natural numbers and add it to the set we have already taken. We can even add two sets of natural numbers. This is what we get:

    The subscripts "one" and "two" indicate that these elements belonged to different sets. Yes, if you add one to an infinite set, the result will also be an infinite set, but it will not be the same as the original set. If you add another infinite set to one infinite set, the result is a new infinite set consisting of the elements of the first two sets.

    The set of natural numbers is used for counting in the same way as a ruler is for measuring. Now imagine that you added one centimeter to the ruler. This will be a different line, not equal to the original one.

    You can accept or not accept my reasoning - it is your own business. But if you ever encounter mathematical problems, think about whether you are following the path of false reasoning trodden by generations of mathematicians. After all, studying mathematics, first of all, forms a stable stereotype of thinking in us, and only then adds to our mental abilities (or, conversely, deprives us of free-thinking).

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    Sunday, August 4, 2019

    I was finishing a postscript to an article about and saw this wonderful text on Wikipedia:

    We read: "... the rich theoretical basis of the mathematics of Babylon did not have a holistic character and was reduced to a set of disparate techniques, devoid of a common system and evidence base."

    Wow! How smart we are and how well we can see the shortcomings of others. Is it difficult for us to look at modern mathematics in the same context? Slightly paraphrasing the above text, I personally got the following:

    The rich theoretical basis of modern mathematics is not holistic in nature and is reduced to a set of disparate sections, devoid of a common system and evidence base.

    I won’t go far to confirm my words - it has a language and conventions that are different from the language and conventions of many other branches of mathematics. The same names in different branches of mathematics can have different meanings. I want to devote a whole series of publications to the most obvious mistakes of modern mathematics. See you soon.

    Saturday, August 3, 2019

    How to divide a set into subsets? To do this, you need to enter a new unit of measurement that is present in some of the elements of the selected set. Let's look at an example.

    May we have plenty A consisting of four people. This set is formed on the basis of “people.” Let us denote the elements of this set by the letter A, the subscript with a number will indicate the serial number of each person in this set. Let's introduce a new unit of measurement "gender" and denote it by the letter b. Since sexual characteristics are inherent in all people, we multiply each element of the set A based on gender b. Notice that our set of “people” has now become a set of “people with gender characteristics.” After this we can divide the sexual characteristics into male bm and women's bw sexual characteristics. Now we can apply a mathematical filter: we select one of these sexual characteristics, no matter which one - male or female. If a person has it, then we multiply it by one, if there is no such sign, we multiply it by zero. And then we use regular school mathematics. Look what happened.

    After multiplication, reduction and rearrangement, we ended up with two subsets: the subset of men Bm and a subset of women Bw. Mathematicians reason in approximately the same way when they apply set theory in practice. But they don’t tell us the details, but give us the finished result - “a lot of people consist of a subset of men and a subset of women.” Naturally, you may have a question: how correctly has the mathematics been applied in the transformations outlined above? I dare to assure you that, in essence, the transformations were done correctly; it is enough to know the mathematical basis of arithmetic, Boolean algebra and other branches of mathematics. What it is? Some other time I will tell you about this.

    As for supersets, you can combine two sets into one superset by selecting the unit of measurement present in the elements of these two sets.

    As you can see, units of measurement and ordinary mathematics make set theory a relic of the past. A sign that all is not well with set theory is that mathematicians have come up with their own language and notation for set theory. Mathematicians acted as shamans once did. Only shamans know how to “correctly” apply their “knowledge.” They teach us this “knowledge”.

    In conclusion, I want to show you how mathematicians manipulate .

    Monday, January 7, 2019

    In the fifth century BC, the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea formulated his famous aporias, the most famous of which is the “Achilles and the Tortoise” aporia. Here's what it sounds like:

    Let's say Achilles runs ten times faster than the tortoise and is a thousand steps behind it. During the time it takes Achilles to run this distance, the tortoise will crawl a hundred steps in the same direction. When Achilles runs a hundred steps, the tortoise crawls another ten steps, and so on. The process will continue ad infinitum, Achilles will never catch up with the tortoise.

    This reasoning became a logical shock for all subsequent generations. Aristotle, Diogenes, Kant, Hegel, Hilbert... They all considered Zeno's aporia in one way or another. The shock was so strong that " ... discussions continue to this day; the scientific community has not yet been able to come to a common opinion on the essence of paradoxes ... mathematical analysis, set theory, new physical and philosophical approaches were involved in the study of the issue; none of them became a generally accepted solution to the problem..."[Wikipedia, "Zeno's Aporia". Everyone understands that they are being fooled, but no one understands what the deception consists of.

    From a mathematical point of view, Zeno in his aporia clearly demonstrated the transition from quantity to . This transition implies application instead of permanent ones. As far as I understand, the mathematical apparatus for using variable units of measurement has either not yet been developed, or it has not been applied to Zeno’s aporia. Applying our usual logic leads us into a trap. We, due to the inertia of thinking, apply constant units of time to the reciprocal value. From a physical point of view, this looks like time slowing down until it stops completely at the moment when Achilles catches up with the turtle. If time stops, Achilles can no longer outrun the tortoise.

    If we turn our usual logic around, everything falls into place. Achilles runs at a constant speed. Each subsequent segment of his path is ten times shorter than the previous one. Accordingly, the time spent on overcoming it is ten times less than the previous one. If we apply the concept of “infinity” in this situation, then it would be correct to say “Achilles will catch up with the turtle infinitely quickly.”

    How to avoid this logical trap? Remain in constant units of time and do not switch to reciprocal units. In Zeno's language it looks like this:

    In the time it takes Achilles to run a thousand steps, the tortoise will crawl a hundred steps in the same direction. During the next time interval equal to the first, Achilles will run another thousand steps, and the tortoise will crawl a hundred steps. Now Achilles is eight hundred steps ahead of the tortoise.

    This approach adequately describes reality without any logical paradoxes. But this is not a complete solution to the problem. Einstein’s statement about the irresistibility of the speed of light is very similar to Zeno’s aporia “Achilles and the Tortoise”. We still have to study, rethink and solve this problem. And the solution must be sought not in infinitely large numbers, but in units of measurement.

    Another interesting aporia of Zeno tells about a flying arrow:

    A flying arrow is motionless, since at every moment of time it is at rest, and since it is at rest at every moment of time, it is always at rest.

    In this aporia, the logical paradox is overcome very simply - it is enough to clarify that at each moment of time a flying arrow is at rest at different points in space, which, in fact, is motion. Another point needs to be noted here. From one photograph of a car on the road it is impossible to determine either the fact of its movement or the distance to it. To determine whether a car is moving, you need two photographs taken from the same point at different points in time, but you cannot determine the distance from them. To determine the distance to a car, you need two photographs taken from different points in space at one point in time, but from them you cannot determine the fact of movement (of course, you still need additional data for calculations, trigonometry will help you). What I want to draw special attention to is that two points in time and two points in space are different things that should not be confused, because they provide different opportunities for research.
    I'll show you the process with an example. We select the “red solid in a pimple” - this is our “whole”. At the same time, we see that these things are with a bow, and there are without a bow. After that, we select part of the “whole” and form a set “with a bow”. This is how shamans get their food by tying their set theory to reality.

    Now let's do a little trick. Let’s take “solid with a pimple with a bow” and combine these “wholes” according to color, selecting the red elements. We got a lot of "red". Now the final question: are the resulting sets “with a bow” and “red” the same set or two different sets? Only shamans know the answer. More precisely, they themselves do not know anything, but as they say, so it will be.

    This simple example shows that set theory is completely useless when it comes to reality. What's the secret? We formed a set of "red solid with a pimple and a bow." The formation took place in four different units of measurement: color (red), strength (solid), roughness (pimply), decoration (with a bow). Only a set of units of measurement allows us to adequately describe real objects in the language of mathematics. This is what it looks like.

    The letter "a" with different indices denotes different units of measurement. The units of measurement by which the “whole” is distinguished at the preliminary stage are highlighted in brackets. The unit of measurement by which the set is formed is taken out of brackets. The last line shows the final result - an element of the set. As you can see, if we use units of measurement to form a set, then the result does not depend on the order of our actions. And this is mathematics, and not the dancing of shamans with tambourines. Shamans can “intuitively” come to the same result, arguing that it is “obvious,” because units of measurement are not part of their “scientific” arsenal.

    Using units of measurement, it is very easy to split one set or combine several sets into one superset. Let's take a closer look at the algebra of this process.