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The Inverse of Sine

July 4, 2016Original blog post

sin⁻¹ isn't 1/sin, just as the inverse of tying your shoelaces is untying them, not 1/(tying your shoelaces).

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2016-07-04-the-inverse-of-sine/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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"The inverse of sine is not 1/sine, just as the inverse of tying your shoelaces is not 1/(tying your shoelaces)."

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Trigonometry › Inverse Trig FunctionsFunctions › Inverse FunctionsMath Culture › Notation
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