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Unit Circle and Sine Graph by Isaac Goh

Unit Circle and Sine Graph by Isaac Goh
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2016-10-19 15:11
CircleFunctionTrigonometryGeometric ConstructionGraphing
This example demonstrates the relationship between the unit circle and the sine function graph. It involves core mathematical concepts such as the unit circle, trigonometric functions, sine function, angles, and vectors. Construction highlights include commands and objects like Point, Rotate, Angle, Function, Segment, Circle, Vector, and Sequence from GeoGebra. It is suitable for high school mathematics teaching and understanding the generation process of the sine function graph.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Point(Ray[(0, 0), (-1, 0)]) → B
  2. Rotate(A, θ, B) → P
  3. Rotate(A, θ, B) → A'
  4. Angle(A, B, A') → α
  5. Rotate(A, θ, B) → A'_1
  6. Angle(A, B, A'_1) → β
  7. Function(sin((120° * x)), 0, x(Q)) → f
  8. Segment(Q, (x(Q), 0)) → e
  9. Circle(B, A) → c
  10. Segment(B, P) → a
  11. Vector((x(B), y(Corner[1])), (x(B), y(Corner[4]))) → u
  12. Vector((0, y(Corner[1])), (0, y(Corner[4]))) → w
  13. Vector((0, 0), (x(Corner[2]), 0)) → z
  14. Sequence(Segment[((0.75 * i), 0), ((0.75 * i), -0.025)], i, 1, 4) → list1
  15. Segment(P, (x(P), 0)) → b
  16. Vector(B - (1.2, 0), B + (1.2, 0)) → v
  17. Sequence(Segment[(0, (0.5 * i) - 1), (-0.025, (0.5 * i) - 1)], i, 0, 4) → list2
  18. Sequence(Segment[(x(B), (0.5 * i) - 1), (x(B) - 0.025, (0.5 * i) - 1)], i, 0, 4) → list3
  19. Segment(P, Q) → d
  20. Sequence(Segment[B + ((0.5 * i) - 1, 0), B + ((0.5 * i) - 1, -0.025)], i, 0, 4) → list4
  21. Point(Ray[(0, 0), (-1, 0)]) → B_1
  22. Rotate(A_1, θ, B_1) → P_1
  23. Rotate(A_1, θ, B_1) → A'_2
  24. Rotate(A_1, θ, B_1) → A'_3
  25. Circle(B_1, A_1) → c_1
  26. Segment(B_1, P_1) → a_1