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Trigonometry of The Gold-Bug

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Abstract

The classic Edgar Allan Poe story The Gold-Bug involves digging for pirate treasure. Locating the digging sites requires some simple trigonometry.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1206.1761,
  title  = {Trigonometry of The Gold-Bug},
  author = {Erik Talvila},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.1761},
  year   = {2012}
}
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