[Scilab-users] cotg and acot

[Samuel Gougeon]

Hello,

Le 23/09/2019 à 16:59, Federico Miyara a écrit :
>
> Dear all,
>
> Is there any reason why the cotangent function is called cotg in 
> Scilab, instead of cot, being cot a Matlab replacement, while the 
> hyerbolic cotangent is called coth?
>
> I wonder why this function doesn't follow the tacit rule that 
> trigonometric functions are notated with three-letter names 


There is no such rule, even tacit. Shortness is much weaker than 
clarity, and to me cot is really unclear (and too short).

The shorter are reserved keywords, the more probable are conflicts with 
custom current variables. So this "g" is welcome.

Regards
Samuel

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