Re: Avoid the use of certain functions
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg111093] Re: Avoid the use of certain functions
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:42:46 -0400 (EDT)
On 19 Jul 2010, at 08:10, AES wrote: >> From: Sam Takoy [mailto:sam.takoy at yahoo.com] >> >> Hi, >> >> Is there a way to ask Mathematica to avoid expressing answers in terms >> of certain functions. For example, I [can't?] stand Sec, Csc, Sech, and Csch >> and would rather see Sec^-1, etc. > > I'm with you on this one: always hated Sec and Csc (and never > understood the backward naming of these functions -- why isn't Sec == > 1/Sin and Csc == 1/Cos?) Have you never noticed this: 1+ Tan[x]^2====Sec[x]^2 1+Cot[x]^2====Csc[x]^2 ? Andrzej Kozlowski