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Re:What is the inverse of a circle? by da_chicken on Monday January 31, 2022 @06:42AM (#30146971)
No, inverse means reciprocal only when the context is a number or algebraic variable.

If we're talking about trig functions, inverse sine or arcsine is very different than just the reciprocal of the sine.

If we're talking about images, inverse usually means "rotate 180 degrees" or "color inversion".

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Re:What is the inverse of a circle? by jkulubya on Monday January 31, 2022 @07:13AM (#30147117)
I think we’re on the same page. The point I was trying to make is that reciprocal/multiplicative inverse in every day use seems like it’s a property of a number and not of a function only because most people just assume that the function we’re inverting is multiplication. The comment I was replying to missed that.
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