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  • cosecantphi [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    Alternatively, one could just use cos(x-90) in place of sine. Since it's arbitrary which we throw out, I say keep them both (also it allows you to intuitively associate sine and cosine with the legs of a right triangle in the unit circle)

    • CarbonScored [any]
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      3 months ago

      I'm not sure why cos gets a pass but 'csc' doesn't. I'd absolutely argue the opposite in terms of intuitive associations.

      • cosecantphi [he/him]
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        3 months ago

        I'd say sine and cosine get priority because they are much more well behaved and easier to work with than their reciprocals full of asymptotes and discontinuities