INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
Domain and range
INVERSE TRIG FORMULAE
S.No Inverse Trigonometric Formulas
1 sin-1(-x) = -sin-1(x), x ∈ [-1, 1]
2 tan-1(-x) = -tan-1(x), x ∈ R
3 cosec-1(-x) = -cosec-1(x), |x| ≥ 1
4 cos-1(-x) = π -cos-1(x), x ∈ [-1, 1]
5 sec-1(-x) = π -sec-1(x), |x| ≥ 1
6 cot-1(-x) = π – cot-1(x), x ∈ R
7 sin-1x + cos-1x = π/2 , x ∈ [-1, 1]
8 tan-1x + cot-1x = π/2 , x ∈ R
9 sec-1x + cosec-1x = π/2 ,|x| ≥ 1
10 sin-1(1/x) = cosec-1(x), if x ≥ 1 or x ≤ -1
11 cos-1(1/x) = sec-1(x), if x ≥ 1 or x ≤ -1
12 tan-1(1/x) = cot-1(x), x > 0
13 tan-1 x + tan-1 y = tan-1((x+y)/(1-xy)), if the value xy < 1
14 tan-1 x – tan-1 y = tan-1((x-y)/(1+xy)), if the value xy > -1
15 2 tan-1 x = sin-1(2x/(1+x2)), |x| ≤ 1
16 2tan-1 x = cos-1((1-x2)/(1+x2)), x ≥ 0
17 2tan-1 x = tan-1(2x/(1-x2)), -1<x<1
18 sin-1x+ sin-1y= sin-1(x√1 − 𝑦 2 + 𝑦√1 − 𝑥 2 )
sin-1x - sin-1y= sin-1(x√1 − 𝑦 2 − 𝑦√1 − 𝑥 2 )
19 cos-1x+ cos-1y= cos-1(xy - √1 − 𝑥 2 √1 − 𝑦 2 )
cos-1x - cos-1y= cos-1(xy +√1 − 𝑥 2 √1 − 𝑦 2 )