2009/6/14 Tim Lahey <tim.la...@gmail.com>:
>
>
> On Jun 14, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Burcin Erocal wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> With the switch to pynac, the way we typeset arcsin and friends
>> changed.
>>
>> sage: version()
>> 'Sage Version 4.0.1, Release Date: 2009-06-06'
>> sage: latex(arcsin(x))
>> \arcsin\left(x\right)
>>
>> as opposed to:
>>
>> sage: version()
>> 'Sage Version 3.4.2, Release Date: 2009-05-05'
>> sage: latex(arcsin(x))
>> \sin^{-1} \left( x \right)
>>
>>
>> The new convention we got from GiNaC is also what Maple follows:
>>
>>> latex(arcsin(x));
>> \arcsin \left( x \right)
>>
>> However, MMA goes with the previous method:
>>
>> In[1]:= TeXForm[ArcSin[x]]
>>
>> Out[1]//TeXForm= \sin ^{-1}(x)
>>
>>
>> I think the previous convention is confusing, since it's not clear if
>> this is the inverse function, or a power. I.e., it's common to use
>> sin^2(x) to denote (sin(x))^2.
>>
>> I thought we should vote before I make this change the new standard,
>> as a part of #6286.
>>
>>
>> My vote is for arcsin.
>>
>
> +1
+1
John
>
> It's an easy find/replace if someone wants to use \sin^{-1} instead. I
> prefer the \arcsin since it's unambiguous compared to \sin^{-1}.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim.
>
> ---
> Tim Lahey
> PhD Candidate, Systems Design Engineering
> University of Waterloo
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/timlahey
>
> >
>
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