From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-08-25T01:16:57+09:00
Subject: Re: POLS and names of mathematical functions

> > Implementing some additional mathematical functions I came across
> > acosh, asinh, and atanh. Here the Principle of Least Surprise runs
> > into a severe problem.
> > 
> > On the one hand it is not that uncommon to use these names. On the
> > other hand mathematicians prefer to call them arcosh, arsinh and
> > atanh.
> 
> Here (Frankfurt) they're called arcosh or arccosh (I saw both), arcsinh
> and arctanh. But it may depend on the professor.

As a mathematecian, I see no problem at all with atanh, asinh, etc.  
Anyone who has used a scientific calculator will be familiar with the 
shorter forms.


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