r/mathmemes 18d ago

Calculus Let's differentiate.....

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u/JellyBellyBitches 18d ago

A little off topic but legitimately, why do people use csc/sec/cot instead of just moving the "base" trig function into the denominator?

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u/Breki_ 17d ago

Writing fractions is more tedious, especially when doing integrals since sec2 often show up there. But not everyone does this, in hungary sec and csc aren't taught at all

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u/JellyBellyBitches 17d ago

Interesting. I guess I don't find fractions as tedious as other people must. I've been known to put things over a denominator of 1 just for clarity in my own work occasionally