On Dec 27, 2007 4:38 AM, bdsatish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > 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.
This is now trac #1616:
http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/1616
I hope somebody besides me does the actual work :-)
William
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