Math Fashion Tips: arcsin vs. sin⁻¹
Fashion commentary on two equivalent notations: arcsin vs. sin⁻¹.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025-05-25-math-fashion-tips--arcsin/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
sin⁻¹(x): "sterile, soulless, mass-produced" vs. arcsin(x): "STEAMPUNK, HANDMADE, CONVERSATION STARTER"