Right Input Format

General Rules

• Use square brackets [] for function arguments.
• Use round brackets () for grouping.

Arithmetic Operations

• Use + for addition.
• Use - for subtraction.
• Use a space or * for multiplication.
• Use / for division.
• Use ^ for a power.

Examples

• Type log[sin[x] cos[x]] for the natural logarithm of the product of the sine of x times the cosine of x.
• Type 1 / sqrt[1 - x^2] for one over the square root of one minus x squared.
• Type e^(2 x) for e to the 2 x.
• Type 1 / ((1 - x) (1 + x)) for 1 over the product of 1 - x and 1 + x.

Allowed Functions

Special Numbers

• e (approximately 2.71828...)
• pi (approximately 3.14159...)

Symbolic Functions and Derivatives

• f[x], g[t], y[x], ...
• f'[x], g''[t], ...

Trig Functions

• sin[x]
• cos[x]
• tan[x]
• sec[x]
• csc[x]
• cot[x]

Inverse Trig Functions

• arcsin[x]
• arccos[x]
• arctan[x]
• arcsec[x]
• arccsc[x]
• arccot[x]

Square Roots, Exponentials and Logs

• sqrt[x]
• e^x or exp[x]
• b^x
• log[x] or ln[x] (the natural logarithm to the base e)
• log[b, x] (the logarithm to the base b)

Hyperbolic Functions

• sinh[x]
• cosh[x]
• tanh[x]
• sech[x]
• csch[x]
• coth[x]

Inverse Hyperbolic Functions

• arcsinh[x]
• arccosh[x]
• arctanh[x]
• arcsech[x]
• arccsch[x]
• arccoth[x]