Talk:Small-angle approximation

Merger
i agree that it shold be merged 67.82.226.68 9:55, 13 March 2006

These articles should not be merged. The small angle formula is a special case of the small angle approximation, but the are used in different contexts.Smeapancol 10:00, 1 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Merging two articles does not mean they describe exactly the same thing, it just means their (possibly different) subjects could be better presented as a single article because they have so much in common. —Keenan Pepper 15:29, 1 April 2006 (UTC)


 * It is possible to merge if you create a section in "approximation" article called --Application in Astronomy-- and just copy-paste "formula" article there. --Alextalk 02:57, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Taylor Series Derivation Example
I believe for flow and resolved understanding of the reasoning behind the approximation of a small angle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matrixology7 (talk • contribs) 18:20, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Approximate value and angle
Angle 2001:4456:1C8:1A00:1552:F4D9:882B:EC0F (talk) 06:40, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

Title
These are normally referred to in the plural as the small-angle approximations, and the article itself does that. I don't think this is a case where a singular title reflects the WP:COMMONNAME. (It took me several tries to successfully link here because of that.)

The article isn't about what "a small-angle approximation" is; it's about what a specific collection of formulae known as the small-angle approximations are. Musiconeologist (talk) 22:57, 30 March 2024 (UTC)