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No simplification is done to invert trigonometric functions ?

I noticed that cos(pi/6) gives 1/2sqrt(3) as expected but arccos(1/2sqrt(3)) gives arccos(1/2sqrt(3)). Is it a missing feature or is there an option that you must call explicitely to obtain arccos(1/2sqrt(3))=pi/6 ?

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No simplification is done to invert trigonometric functions ?

I noticed that cos(pi/6) gives 1/2sqrt(3) as expected but arccos(1/2sqrt(3)) gives arccos(1/2sqrt(3)). Is it a missing feature or is there an option that you must call explicitely to obtain arccos(1/2sqrt(3))=pi/6 ?

Thanks for your answer

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No simplification is done to invert trigonometric functions ?

I noticed that cos(pi/6) cos(π/6) gives 1/2sqrt(3) (1/2)3 as expected but arccos((1/2)3) gives arccos((1/2)3).

but arccos(1/2sqrt(3)) gives arccos(1/2sqrt(3)).

Is it a missing feature or is there an option that you must call explicitely to obtain arccos(1/2sqrt(3))=pi/6 arccos((1/2)3)=π/6 ?

Thanks for your answer

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No simplification is done to invert trigonometric functions ?

I noticed that cos(π/6) gives (1/2)3 as expected but arccos((1/2)3) gives arccos((1/2)3).

Is it a missing feature or is there an option that you must call explicitely to obtain arccos((1/2)3)=π/6 ?

Thanks for your answer