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Inverse trigonometric functions

In mathematics, the inverse trigonometric functions or cyclometric functions are the inverse functions of the trigonometric functions, though they do not meet the official definition for inverse functions as their ranges are subsets of the domains of the original functions. Since none of the six trigonometric functions are one-to-one (by failing the horizontal line test), they must be restricted in order to have inverse functions.

For example, just as the square root function  is defined such that y2 = x, the function y = arcsin(x) is defined so that sin(y) = x. There are multiple numbers y such that sin(y) = x; for example, sin (0) = 0, but also sin(π) = 0, sin(2π) = 0, etc. It follows that the arcsine function is multivalued: arcsin (0) = 0, but also arcsin (0) = π, arcsin (0) = 2π, etc. When only one value is desired, the function may be restricted to its principal branch. With this restriction, for each x in the domain the expression arcsin(x) will evaluate only to a single value, called its principal value. These properties apply to all the inverse trigonometric functions.

The principal inverses are listed in the following table.

 Name Usual notation Definition Domain of x for real result Range of usual principal value (radians) Range of usual principal value (degrees) arcsine y = arcsin x x = sin y −1 ≤ x ≤ 1 −π/2 ≤ y ≤ π/2 −90° ≤ y ≤ 90° arccosine y = arccos x x = cos y −1 ≤ x ≤ 1 0 ≤ y ≤ π 0° ≤ y ≤ 180° arctangent y = arctan x x = tan y all real numbers −π/2 < y < π/2 −90° < y < 90° arccotangent y = arccot x x = cot y all real numbers 0 < y < π 0° < y < 180° arcsecant y = arcsec x x = sec y x ≤ −1 or 1 ≤ x 0 ≤ y < π/2 or π/2 < y ≤ π 0° ≤ y < 90° or 90° < y ≤ 180° arccosecant y = arccsc x x = csc y x ≤ −1 or 1 ≤ x −π/2 ≤ y < 0 or 0 < y ≤ π/2 -90° ≤ y < 0° or 0° < y ≤ 90°

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The notations sin−1, cos−1, etc. are often used for arcsin, arccos, etc., but this convention logically conflicts with the common semantics for expressions like sin2(x), which refer to numeric power rather than function composition, and therefore may result in confusion between multiplicative inverse and compositional inverse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_trigonometric_functions