What is a generic name to cover arccosine, cosine, and sine?












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I am writing a simple application to plot the curves of arccosine, cosine, and sine for learning purposes and would like to know if there is a generic phrase or wording I can use for the name of the application that relates to all three?



I believe that trigonometry is too vague in this context since I'm not covering the entire subject but a subset of the subject.






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    Trigonometry..?
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    – Cameron Williams
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    @CameronWilliams Thank you for the suggestion but I believe that would be too vague since they are subsets of the subject as a whole.
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    – PerpetualJ
    Jan 29 at 4:17






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    There are six commonly used trig functions, several more obscure ones, and the various inverse functions. Surely you cannot expect there to be special terms to denote each combination of three of those functions. Use “trigonometry” or list the three functions by name.
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    – David K
    Jan 29 at 4:21






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    The elementary inverse trigonometric functions encompass arcsine, arccosine, and arctangent.
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    – Gnumbertester
    Jan 29 at 4:22






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    I agree with DavidK. The combination of three functions you list is rather arbitrary, there is no label other than trigonometry that describes them.
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    – Gnumbertester
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I am writing a simple application to plot the curves of arccosine, cosine, and sine for learning purposes and would like to know if there is a generic phrase or wording I can use for the name of the application that relates to all three?



I believe that trigonometry is too vague in this context since I'm not covering the entire subject but a subset of the subject.






terminology







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  • 4




    $begingroup$
    Trigonometry..?
    $endgroup$
    – Cameron Williams
    Jan 29 at 4:14










  • $begingroup$
    @CameronWilliams Thank you for the suggestion but I believe that would be too vague since they are subsets of the subject as a whole.
    $endgroup$
    – PerpetualJ
    Jan 29 at 4:17






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    $begingroup$
    There are six commonly used trig functions, several more obscure ones, and the various inverse functions. Surely you cannot expect there to be special terms to denote each combination of three of those functions. Use “trigonometry” or list the three functions by name.
    $endgroup$
    – David K
    Jan 29 at 4:21






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    $begingroup$
    The elementary inverse trigonometric functions encompass arcsine, arccosine, and arctangent.
    $endgroup$
    – Gnumbertester
    Jan 29 at 4:22






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    $begingroup$
    I agree with DavidK. The combination of three functions you list is rather arbitrary, there is no label other than trigonometry that describes them.
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    – Gnumbertester
    Jan 29 at 4:24














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I am writing a simple application to plot the curves of arccosine, cosine, and sine for learning purposes and would like to know if there is a generic phrase or wording I can use for the name of the application that relates to all three?



I believe that trigonometry is too vague in this context since I'm not covering the entire subject but a subset of the subject.






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I am writing a simple application to plot the curves of arccosine, cosine, and sine for learning purposes and would like to know if there is a generic phrase or wording I can use for the name of the application that relates to all three?



I believe that trigonometry is too vague in this context since I'm not covering the entire subject but a subset of the subject.






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    $begingroup$
    Trigonometry..?
    $endgroup$
    – Cameron Williams
    Jan 29 at 4:14










  • $begingroup$
    @CameronWilliams Thank you for the suggestion but I believe that would be too vague since they are subsets of the subject as a whole.
    $endgroup$
    – PerpetualJ
    Jan 29 at 4:17






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    There are six commonly used trig functions, several more obscure ones, and the various inverse functions. Surely you cannot expect there to be special terms to denote each combination of three of those functions. Use “trigonometry” or list the three functions by name.
    $endgroup$
    – David K
    Jan 29 at 4:21






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    The elementary inverse trigonometric functions encompass arcsine, arccosine, and arctangent.
    $endgroup$
    – Gnumbertester
    Jan 29 at 4:22






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    I agree with DavidK. The combination of three functions you list is rather arbitrary, there is no label other than trigonometry that describes them.
    $endgroup$
    – Gnumbertester
    Jan 29 at 4:24














  • 4




    $begingroup$
    Trigonometry..?
    $endgroup$
    – Cameron Williams
    Jan 29 at 4:14










  • $begingroup$
    @CameronWilliams Thank you for the suggestion but I believe that would be too vague since they are subsets of the subject as a whole.
    $endgroup$
    – PerpetualJ
    Jan 29 at 4:17






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    There are six commonly used trig functions, several more obscure ones, and the various inverse functions. Surely you cannot expect there to be special terms to denote each combination of three of those functions. Use “trigonometry” or list the three functions by name.
    $endgroup$
    – David K
    Jan 29 at 4:21






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    The elementary inverse trigonometric functions encompass arcsine, arccosine, and arctangent.
    $endgroup$
    – Gnumbertester
    Jan 29 at 4:22






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    I agree with DavidK. The combination of three functions you list is rather arbitrary, there is no label other than trigonometry that describes them.
    $endgroup$
    – Gnumbertester
    Jan 29 at 4:24








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$begingroup$
Trigonometry..?
$endgroup$
– Cameron Williams
Jan 29 at 4:14




$begingroup$
Trigonometry..?
$endgroup$
– Cameron Williams
Jan 29 at 4:14












$begingroup$
@CameronWilliams Thank you for the suggestion but I believe that would be too vague since they are subsets of the subject as a whole.
$endgroup$
– PerpetualJ
Jan 29 at 4:17




$begingroup$
@CameronWilliams Thank you for the suggestion but I believe that would be too vague since they are subsets of the subject as a whole.
$endgroup$
– PerpetualJ
Jan 29 at 4:17




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$begingroup$
There are six commonly used trig functions, several more obscure ones, and the various inverse functions. Surely you cannot expect there to be special terms to denote each combination of three of those functions. Use “trigonometry” or list the three functions by name.
$endgroup$
– David K
Jan 29 at 4:21




$begingroup$
There are six commonly used trig functions, several more obscure ones, and the various inverse functions. Surely you cannot expect there to be special terms to denote each combination of three of those functions. Use “trigonometry” or list the three functions by name.
$endgroup$
– David K
Jan 29 at 4:21




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$begingroup$
The elementary inverse trigonometric functions encompass arcsine, arccosine, and arctangent.
$endgroup$
– Gnumbertester
Jan 29 at 4:22




$begingroup$
The elementary inverse trigonometric functions encompass arcsine, arccosine, and arctangent.
$endgroup$
– Gnumbertester
Jan 29 at 4:22




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$begingroup$
I agree with DavidK. The combination of three functions you list is rather arbitrary, there is no label other than trigonometry that describes them.
$endgroup$
– Gnumbertester
Jan 29 at 4:24




$begingroup$
I agree with DavidK. The combination of three functions you list is rather arbitrary, there is no label other than trigonometry that describes them.
$endgroup$
– Gnumbertester
Jan 29 at 4:24










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Based on the comment thread, it seems that sinusoid is the most precise descriptor for the kinds of graphs that you're looking for.






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