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[โ€“] Zeth0s 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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Putting an exponent on a function symbol like that usually means either a typical exponential/power, except when it's -1, in which case it's a functional inverse. sin^(-1)(x) is the functional inverse of sin(x), which is not the same as the reciprocal (sin(x))^(-1). Some people even use sin^(a)(x) where a is an integer to denote functional composition, so sin^(2)(x) = sin(sin(x)).

Besides that pretty major issue, nothing.