On Fri, 07 Jul 2000 07:14:47 +0300, Peter Popov wrote...
> >> Of course, it really should be written as asin(sqrt(3)/3)...
> >
> >Why?  It all comes out the same in the end, so use the syntax you like 
> >and can understand.
> 
> Well, 1/sqrt(3) = sqrt(3)/3
> It's just that the latter is the rationalized, more acceptable form of
> it.

OK, so I *was* missing something :)

I think I'll stick to the incorrect syntax myself, as if nothing else, it 
helps me remember where in the calculations I got the value from. (if you 
could see the average page of scribbling and trigonometry, you'd 
understand why I need help remembering such things <grin>)

Bye for now,
     Jamie.

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