Re: Converting Radians into Degrees into Mathematica 6.01
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- Subject: [mg85069] Re: Converting Radians into Degrees into Mathematica 6.01
- From: Szabolcs Horvát <szhorvat at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:42:02 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: University of Bergen
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Lea Rebanks wrote: > Dear All, > > I trying to Convert Radians into Degrees . > I really want the output value in unit degrees for further calculations. > > I have tried this with no luck > > Convert[0.36*Radian, Degree] > > UnitsWrapper[20.626480624709636*Degree] > > > I looked on the Math Group Archive & came across various Units Package, but > still can not get it to work. This is because Degree is a built-in constant (a number, just like Pi and E) in Mathematica. In spite of this, they have included Degree in the Units package, which IMO wasn't a very wise decision ... This is the unfortunate consequence: In[1]:= << Units` In[2]:= 12.0 Degree (* Degree is a number like Pi *) Out[2]= 0.20944 In[3]:= Convert[0.36 Radian, Degree] Out[3]= 0.36 In[4]:= Convert[36/100 Radian, Degree] Out[4]= (324 Degree)/(5 Pi) Szabolcs