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Sleep Cycle During Trigonometry Class

November 14, 2019

A student dozing in trig class dreams in sine waves, from peaceful simple harmonic motion to nightmarish damped oscillation.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-11-14-sleep-cycle-during-trigonometry-class/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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[Title] "Sleep Cycle During Trigonometry Class"

[Board: two sine waves] "Simple Harmonic Phase (peaceful, restorative)"

[Board: chaotic, damped waves] "Damped Harmonic Phase (erratic, nightmarish)"

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Trigonometry › Graphs of Trig FunctionsTrigonometry › Sine & CosineScience › Physics › Harmonic MotionCalculus › Differential Equations
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