The Mercator map projection was proposed by the Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator (15121594). The stretching factor of

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The Mercator map projection was proposed by the Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594). The stretching factor of the Mercator map as a function of the latitude θ is given by the function

sec x dx. G(0) =

Graph G, for 0 ≤ θ < π/2.

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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