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--- a/doc/tutorial/ginac.texi
+++ b/doc/tutorial/ginac.texi
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 This is a tutorial that documents GiNaC @value{VERSION}, an open
 framework for symbolic computation within the C++ programming language.
 
-Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
+Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
 
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ notice identical to this one.
 
 @page
 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2000 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
+Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2001 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
 @sp 2
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ the near future.
 
 @section License
 The GiNaC framework for symbolic computation within the C++ programming
-language is Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2000 Johannes Gutenberg
+language is Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2001 Johannes Gutenberg
 University Mainz, Germany.
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ int main()
 @cindex simplification
 @cindex temporary replacement
 
-Some basic from of simplification of expressions is called for frequently.
+Some basic form of simplification of expressions is called for frequently.
 GiNaC provides the method @code{.normal()}, which converts a rational function
 into an equivalent rational function of the form @samp{numerator/denominator}
 where numerator and denominator are coprime.  If the input expression is already
@@ -2093,11 +2093,13 @@ square root (@code{sqrt}) both have their branch cuts running along the
 negative real axis where the points on the axis itself belong to the
 upper part (i.e. continuous with quadrant II).  The inverse
 trigonometric and hyperbolic functions are not defined for complex
-arguments by the C++ standard, however.  Here, we follow the conventions
-used by CLN, which in turn follow the carefully designed definitions
-in the Common Lisp standard.  Hopefully, future revisions of the C++
+arguments by the C++ standard, however.  In GiNaC we follow the
+conventions used by CLN, which in turn follow the carefully designed
+definitions in the Common Lisp standard.  It should be noted that this
+convention is identical to the one used by the C99 standard and by most
+serious CAS.  It is to be expected that future revisions of the C++
 standard incorporate these functions in the complex domain in a manner
-compatible with Common Lisp.
+compatible with C99.
 
 
 @node Input/Output, Extending GiNaC, Built-in Functions, Methods and Functions