> Sorry sage is so hard to use! What can we learn from the above?
> The main problem is acsc versus arccsc, which caused confusion.
> Should we change the names of the "arc" functions to arc* instead of a*?
>
> Maple: uses arcsin:
> sage: maple.eval('arcsin(1)')
> '1/2*Pi'
> sage: maple.eval('asin(1)')
> 'asin(1)'
>
> Mathematica: uses ArcSin:
> sage: mathematica.eval('ASin[1]')
> ASin[1]
> sage: mathematica.eval('ArcSin[1]')
>
> Pi
> --
> 2
>
> Maxima: Uses asin (which is why we currently do):
> sage: maxima.eval('arcsin(1)')
> 'arcsin(1)'
> sage: maxima.eval('asin(1)')
> '%pi/2'
>
Yes Sir, plz change it it arc* . There were a couple of times when I
got confused too. asin( ) is actually IEEE standard ( used by Maxima,
Matlab, etc. ) But for a CAS, I think arcsin( ) is better.
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