符号 (Erdélyi et al. 1981, p. 7; Jeffrey 2000, p. 111) 和 (Gradshteyn and Ryzhik 2000, p. xxix) 有时被用来代替 。请注意,余切在欧洲的使用不如 、 和 那么广泛,尽管它确实明确地出现在各种德语和俄语手册中(例如,Gradshteyn 和 2000 年,第 28 页)。有趣的是, 在大多数表格中与其它三角函数被同等对待(Gellert et al. 1989, p. 222; Gradshteyn and Ryzhik 2000, p. 28),而 和 有时则不是(Gradshteyn and Ryzhik 2000, p. 28)。
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