Alternating reflection method on conics leading to inverse trigonometric and hyperbolic functions

2022, Volume 7, Issue 7: 11708-11717. doi: 10.3934/math.2022652

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Département de Mathématiques, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boul. Université, Sherbrooke (Qc), Canada, J1K2R1

Received: 13 December 2021 Revised: 27 March 2022 Accepted: 07 April 2022 Published: 18 April 2022
MSC : Primary: 65D20; Secondary: 68Q25

An unusual alternating reflection method on conics is presented to evaluate inverse trigonometric and hyperbolic functions.

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