NapkinCalc

Trigonometry

Sine waves

continues from lesson 2 — values defined earlier in the course stay live here

Walk around the circle at constant speed and plot your height over time: that is a sine wave. The amplitude stretches it vertically; the angular frequency ω squeezes the repeats together.

amp=2amp = 2 amplitude — try 0.5 or 4
ω=1.5\omega = 1.5 angular frequency — try 3
amp * sin(omega * x)
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y = amp · sin(ω·x)