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Minister Rzymkowski: Copernicus Academy is developing excellently, as evidenced by cooperation with renowned universities such as ChAT

Minister Rzymkowski: Copernicus Academy is developing excellently, as evidenced by cooperation with renowned universities such as ChAT

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– To the surprise of opponents, the Copernicus Academy is developing excellently, which is reflected in its cooperation with recognised universities such as ChAT, but also with a number of other centres in Poland and abroad, which want to conduct research...
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“Achievements of Polish scientists and international projects with their participation a showcase of Poland”

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We are making a concrete effort to ensure that the achievements of Polish scholars and international research projects with their participation become one of the flagships of modern Poland, marking its potential and development prospects, also in the field of science....
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Call for collaboration. Letter from PAN research centre to Copernicus

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Following the opening of the College of Medical Sciences in Olsztyn, the Copernicus Academy is expanding its activities in Warmia and Mazury. The willingness to cooperate in the scientific field was expressed in a letter to the authorities of the Academy and the...
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– The most important thing is to find people who have a curiosity about the world, just like Nicolaus Copernicus. Fascination with how this wonderful world is organised and how to explain the various mechanisms,” he stressed during the ceremony of the...
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Governor Artur Chojecki: A research impulse for Poland and the whole world will come from Olsztyn

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– The Nicolaus Copernicus University and the Copernicus Academy are to combine the best of Polish science,” stressed Warmińsko-Mazurski voivode Artur Chojecki during the opening ceremony of the College of Medical Sciences at the Nicolaus Copernicus...
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Kopernikańskie twierdzenia cosinusów dla trójkątów sferycznych

Rozdział XIV

Twierdzenia III i XII

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Rozważamy trzy punkty A, B, i C na sferze o promieniu R. Jeżeli połączymy je łukami (wzdłuż kół wielkich) to otrzymamy trójkąt sferyczny ABC.
Rozważamy trójkąty, które są prostokątne i mają boki krótsze niż półokrąg, jak na rysunku.
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III Twierdzenie Kopernika:

W prostokątnym trójkącie sferycznym ABC na sferze o promieniu R (gdzie kąt C jest prosty) zachodzą następujące proporcje pomiędzy długościami boków:

AB / BC = R / BC

Czyli że stosunek przeciwprostokątnej do jednej z przyprostokątnych jest równy stosunkowi promienia do drugiej przyprostokątnej. Znaczy to, że jeżeli znamy dwa boki, to możemy znaleźć trzeci.

[Kopernik, Mikołaj (1473-1543), “Mikołaja Kopernika Toruńczyka O obrotach ciał niebieskich ksiąg sześć”,  Kujawsko-Pomorska Biblioteka cyfrowa, UMK, 1854, Rozdział XIII, str.63-64]

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Czyli Kopernik dowiódł szczególną wersję twierdzenia cosinusów dla trójkątów sferycznych.  Teraz możemy  założyć że promień sfery R =1.

Mierzymy w radianach długość boku (łuku) leżącego naprzeciwko danego kąta jako łuku na sferze (od środka sfery) i mamy:

AB = c         BC = a         AC = b
(tutaj a, b, c są miarami kątów AOB, BOC, AOC w radianach)

Jeżeli kąt C jest prosty, możemy zapisać twierdzenie Kopernika jako

cos c / cos b = cos a

[Kopernik, Mikołaj (1473-1543), “Mikołaja Kopernika Toruńczyka O obrotach ciał niebieskich ksiąg sześć”,  Kujawsko-Pomorska Biblioteka cyfrowa, UMK, 1854, Rozdział XIII, str.63-64]

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Twierdzenia Pitagorasa dla trójkątów sferycznych

Znaczy to, że jeżeli znamy dwa boki, to możemy znaleźć trzeci.  To jest sferyczna wersja twierdzenia Pitagorasa, które możemy zapisać jako:

cos c = cos b   cos a

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Mamy też ogólniejsze twierdzenie cosinusów dla trójkątów sferycznych na sferze o promieniu R =1, gdzie kąty α, β, γ są kątami sferycznymi trójkąta ABC.

XII Twierdzenie Kopernika:
cos c = cos a   cos b + sin a   sin b   cos γ

Znaczy to, że jeżeli znamy dwa boki i przynajmniej jeden kąt, to możemy znaleźć trzeci, co jest sferyczną wersją twierdzenia cosinusów dla wszystkich trójkątów płaskich.

 

[Kopernik, Mikołaj (1473-1543), “Mikołaja Kopernika Toruńczyka O obrotach ciał niebieskich ksiąg sześć”,  Kujawsko-Pomorska Biblioteka cyfrowa, UMK, 1854, Rozdział XIII, str.63-64]

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Copernican Cosine Theorems for Spherical Triangles

Chapter XIV

Theorems III and XII

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We consider three points A, B, and C on a sphere of radius R. If we connect them by arcs (along great circles), we obtain a spherical triangle ABC.
We consider right-angled spherical triangles with sides shorter than a semicircle, as shown in the figure.
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Copernicus’ Third Theorem:

In a right-angled spherical triangle ABC on a sphere of radius R (where angle Cis a right angle), the following proportion between the sides holds:

AB / BC = R / BC

That is, the ratio of the hypotenuse to one leg equals the ratio of the radius to the adjacent leg. This means that if we know two sides, we can determine the third.

[Citation: Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473–1543), De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library, UMK, 1854, Chapter XIII, pp. 63–64]

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In other words, Copernicus proved a special case of the spherical law of cosines.
Now, we may assume that the sphere has radius R =1.

We measure in radians the length of the side (arc) opposite to a given angle as an arc on the sphere (from the sphere’s center). We have:

AB = c         BC = a         AC = b
(here a, b, c are the measures of angles AOB, BOC, AOC in radians)

If angle C is right, we can write Copernicus’ theorem as

cos c / cos b = cos a

[Citation: Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473–1543), De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library, UMK, 1854, Chapter XIII, pp. 63–64]

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Theorem of Pythagoras for spherical triangles

That is, if we know two sides, we can find the third.This is the spherical version of the Pythagorean theorem, which can be written as:

cos c = cos b   cos a

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We also have the general spherical law of cosines for triangles on a sphere of radius R=1, where α, β, γ are the spherical angles of triangle ABC.

Copernicus’ Twelfth Theorem:
cos c = cos a   cos b + sin a   sin b   cos γ

That is, if we know two sides and at least one angle, we can determine the third, which is the spherical version of the law of cosines for all plane triangles.
 

[Citation: Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473–1543), De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library, UMK, 1854, Chapter XIII, p. 73]

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