Chapter 2
Chapter 2
The principal value of an inverse trigonometric function is the value within its defined
range.
Example: sin−1(0.5)=π6\sin^{-1}(0.5) = \frac{\pi}{6}sin−1(0.5)=6π.
1. Reciprocal Relations:
sin−1(x)+cos−1(x)=π2\sin^{-1}(x) + \cos^{-1}(x) =
\frac{\pi}{2}sin−1(x)+cos−1(x)=2π tan−1(x)+cot−1(x)=π2\tan^{-1}(x) + \cot^{-
1}(x) = \frac{\pi}{2}tan−1(x)+cot−1(x)=2π sec−1(x)+csc−1(x)=π\sec^{-1}(x) +
\csc^{-1}(x) = \pisec−1(x)+csc−1(x)=π
Function Derivative
ddxsin−1(x)\frac{d}{dx} \sin^{-1}(x)dxd
11−x2\frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - x^2}}1−x21, (
sin−1(x)
ddxcos−1(x)\frac{d}{dx} \cos^{-
−11−x2-\frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - x^2}}−1−x21, (
1}(x)dxdcos−1(x)
ddxtan−1(x)\frac{d}{dx} \tan^{- 11+x2\frac{1}{1 + x^2}1+x21, x∈Rx \in
1}(x)dxdtan−1(x) \mathbb{R}x∈R
ddxcot−1(x)\frac{d}{dx} \cot^{- −11+x2-\frac{1}{1 + x^2}−1+x21, x∈Rx \in
1}(x)dxdcot−1(x) \mathbb{R}x∈R
ddxsec−1(x)\frac{d}{dx} \sec^{-
( \frac{1}{
1}(x)dxdsec−1(x)
ddxcsc−1(x)\frac{d}{dx} \csc^{-
( -\frac{1}{
1}(x)dxdcsc−1(x)