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dhosek 3 days ago

Those tables don’t give a value for that. They only give values for angles whose trigonometric values can be expressed in terms of rational expressions with radicals (and angles as rational expressions in terms of π).

kragen 3 days ago | parent [-]

That sounds like a sort of "trigonometric table" you couldn't use in practice for calculation. You need to be able to look up whatever value you measure with your sextant or theodolite to within its measurement precision. You seem to be using the term "trigonometric table" in a way conflicting with the standard use explained in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonometric_tables perhaps as a sort of pun or joke, or perhaps as a sort of act of activism against hegemonic notions of trigonometry.