[Python-ideas] Trigonometry in degrees

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Fri Jun 8 02:40:48 EDT 2018


Chris Angelico wrote:
> The math module would
> need a hyperbolic sine function which accepts an argument in;

Except that the argument to hyperbolic trig functions is
not an angle in any normal sense of the word, so expressing
it in degrees makes little sense.

(However I do like the idea of a function called "tanhd"
and pronounced "tanned hide". :-)

-- 
Greg


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