Inverse Trigonometric Functions - Derivatives of Inverse Trigonometric Functions

Derivatives of Inverse Trigonometric Functions

Simple derivatives for real and complex values of x are as follows:

\begin{align} \frac{d}{dx} \arcsin x & {}= \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\\ \frac{d}{dx} \arccos x & {}= \frac{-1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\\ \frac{d}{dx} \arctan x & {}= \frac{1}{1+x^2}\\ \frac{d}{dx} \arccot x & {}= \frac{-1}{1+x^2}\\ \frac{d}{dx} \arcsec x & {}= \frac{1}{x\,\sqrt{x^2-1}}\\ \frac{d}{dx} \arccsc x & {}= \frac{-1}{x\,\sqrt{x^2-1}} \end{align}

Only for real values of x:

\begin{align} \frac{d}{dx} \arcsec x & {}= \frac{1}{|x|\,\sqrt{x^2-1}}; \qquad |x| > 1\\ \frac{d}{dx} \arccsc x & {}= \frac{-1}{|x|\,\sqrt{x^2-1}}; \qquad |x| > 1 \end{align}

For a sample derivation: if, we get:

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