Is there one universal standard for mathematical notation?

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Lots of different notations are used to mean the same things. For example $\arcsin\left(x\right)$ and $\sin^{-1}\left(x\right)$ mean the same thing usually, but logically $\sin^{-1}\left(x\right)$ would mean $\frac{1}{\sin\left(x\right)}$ which is just $\csc\left(x\right)$, but lots of people simply ignore secant, cosecant and cotangent. I could just go on and on about how goofy modern mathematical notation is, but it's better to have everyone agree on one broken system than to have everyone using their own separate broken systems. Is there like an organisation that comes up with the one true "standard" mathematical notation?