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In Which Alice Happens Upon A Rather Curious Box Of Graph G Essay

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Chapter the First: In Which Alice Happens upon a Rather Curious Box of Graph G (Sine) At precisely 12:22 AM, Alice felt her eyelids begin to droop. It had been a long day of school, clubs and homework; everything was beginning to take its toll on her body in the form of dreaded fatigue. With a test on trigonometric functions the next day (or this coming morning, rather) Alice was not so keen on falling asleep so early - or late, since the concept of a scheduled bedtime was practically non-existent for students like her. But, she thought as she put down her pencil and laid her head on a particularly bulky precalculus textbook, maybe I should take a small nap. Just a small one. And then I’ll finish studying when I wake up. As Alice drifted off to sleep, her drumming heartbeat soon slowed to a steady, peaceful rate. Her house was quiet with her being the only one up so late, but it wasn’t before long when she heard a whoosh! and a strange sensation of cool wind rushing all around her. At first, she ignored it and kept her eyes closed. Probably her stupid brother trying to take advantage of her being asleep and playing pranks on her. He was an awful kid but she knew that if she just him, he would stop. Except…would he really be up this late? Uncertainty crossed her mind. Slowly, she opened an eye. …show more content…

By the time she had realized that, upon closer examination, the circles were really just unit circles with all its degrees and points written neatly besides each appropriate spot on the circle, she had quieted down and looked around her with bewildered eyes. Where was she? How did she get here? Where did this tunnel lead to? Was that a floor she could now see below her? And most importantly - why were there unit circles and mathematical symbols floating

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